Having moved from a Folding Camper to a caravan (although we haven't actually been out in it yet) can I ask about using EHU.
When tent camping or trailer tenting its usual not to use an electric heater & electric kettle at the same time in case you trip the elctrics. Just wondering if its the same in the caravan?
It all depends on the current being provided, most UK sites are 16 amp and in that case providing the kettle is around 700 watt and the van's heater is on its lowest setting you would be ok, but anything higher and you would most likely trip the EHU out. So to be on the safe side just use one at once
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Terry Birch
Our tourer days are over and we have moved on to a Hobby Motorhome
The campsite supply is the same whether you are using tent or caravan. Its dependant on the current(amps) delivered to the pitch ehu post, not whether you plug a tent or caravan ehu into it.
Hi as Tentz says its just the same as on tent hook up apart from the fact you have to factor in things like water heater and lights to your calculations. We bought a low wattage kettle and toaster for the caravan as we occasionally stay on 6amp sites - yes kettle takes around 5 mins to boil but hey we are on holiday whats the rush. However, you do have the option in the caravan to use gas if you like too.
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I adopt what you are saying that is to switch off the heater while boiling a kettle - then when finished I switch the heater back on. As I am first up generally I switch on kettle make a drink then put the heating on. My wife however switches it all on then moans that nothing works on 230v which then means I have a trip to the office or if lucky just to the bollard. What she doesnt realise is that she has tripped the other 3 people sharing the bollard as well - uuuurrrrggggghhhh.
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If the pitch electrics are up to scratch then it shouldn't be possible to trip out the bollard on overload,every socket on the bollard should have it's own overcurrent protection rated at 16 amps,caravans normally have MCB'S rated at 10 amps,so that should trip first.
The only time the whole bollard would trip is on an earth leakage fault when the RCD protecting the bollard could possibly trip.Even this shouldn't normally happen as the RCDs on the bollards are normally time delayed.
Saxo1
Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 21/3/2011
If the pitch electrics are up to scratch then it shouldn't be possible to trip out the bollard on overload,every socket on the bollard should have it's own overcurrent protection rated at 16 amps,caravans normally have MCB'S rated at 10 amps,so that should trip first.
The only time the whole bollard would trip is on an earth leakage fault when the RCD protecting the bollard could possibly trip.Even this shouldn't normally happen as the RCDs on the bollards are normally time delayed.
Saxo1
Think it was1998, vans went to 16 amp,Someone asked if they could up to 16 amp from 10 amp, I told them no, cos the wiring won't handle it,
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As I'm already in the habit of using just one electrical item at a time I won't need to change the way I do things. I prefer toast done under the grill rather in the toaster & we have a gas kettle.
The only time we experienced tripping of electric was the first time we used our Folding Camper. For 2 days, we were out & about all day & were coming back to no electricity. The people in the caravan next door & the warden asked (in a nice way) what we were doing to cause this. We assumed, as our camper was 12 years that there might have been a problem onboard. It turned out to be the caravan - the lead to their tv was getting caught.
Quote: Originally posted by HEJC72 on 22/3/2011
I was always told, as a basic rule, only ever use 1 heat emitting device at a time.
So far, I've followed this rule and never tripped the power!
Just make sure you know where your torch is and that is has working batteries in it and know where your fuse box is in the van in case it ever trips.
Ours tripped once in the evening & we were scrabbling around to find out where the box was in the dark, turns out it's in the bottom of the wardrobe & was buried under a pile of shoes
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Topic: EHU
