Electric cable - caution!

IanH
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edited March 2016 in Parts & Accessories #1

After many years service, we decided to replace our caravan cable as it has a number of cuts and scrapes (presumably where people have wheeled things over it?).

So, I ordered one from Amazon, but then something made me check and I'd ordered one with 1.5mm  wires......and apparantly they won't cope with the 16 amp supplies found on CC sites and no doubt others.

Not that we use a great deal of electric supply (see my electrical knowledge coming to the fore here?
Wink) I managed to cancel it in time and re-order one with 2.5mm wires.

Something people ought to be aware of?

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  • huskydog
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    edited March 2016 #2

    Ian ,i thought you were going to wait untill a motorhomer had left one on their pitchWink

  • IanH
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    edited March 2016 #3

    I was, but you wouldn't tell me where you were going......Laughing

  • huskydog
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    edited March 2016 #4

    Crossways in August ,and we will be going out Tuesday afternoon for 3 hoursWink, can you wait that long ????

  • IanH
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    edited March 2016 #5

    Too late, bought one........still, a spare always comes in handy.......

  • IanH
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    edited March 2016 #6

    Well, the new orange cable arrived....but it didn't have the storage bag that the advert said it came with.

    Contacted Amazon and they immediatley offered me the choice of an exchange, return it and a full refund or a 20% credit against the full price.

    What a great company Amazon are to deal with! Laughing

  • IanH
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    edited March 2016 #7

    Decided that I would re-use my old cable by cutting out all the bad bits and shortening it. Should come in handy for plugging in at home or maybe even an extension for the new cable.

    Anyway, chopped off the 'male' end and re-fitted it on the shortened cable. But could I get the female plug off? Could I heckers like! It would not twist apart!

    So, unless I have another go and suddenly develop the strength of Hercules, it looks like a new plug will be required Frown

  • Cornersteady
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    edited March 2016 #8

    I reckon those cables, and other electrical things with pre-wired plugs are assembled by robots

  • IanH
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    edited March 2016 #9

    Must be blimmin' strong robots then.....

  • Navigateur
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    edited March 2016 #10

    apparantly they won't cope with the 16 amp supplies found on CC sites and no doubt others.

     

    Yes - it will heat up.  But you could leave it curled up in the awning and avoid cost of buying an awning heater.

  • JVB66
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    edited March 2016 #11

    apparantly they won't cope with the 16 amp supplies found on CC sites and no doubt others.

     

    Yes - it will heat up.  But you could leave it curled up in the awning and avoid cost of buying an awning heater.

    ..And it might also be why there have been reports of EHU cables catching fire if not fully unrolledUndecided

  • Vicmallows
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    edited March 2016 #12
     But could I get the female plug off? Could I heckers like! It would not twist apart!

     

    Some have a 'one-way-cam' action precisely to stop you undoing it!  (Yes, someones warped idea of H&S).

  • IanH
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    edited March 2016 #13

    I think that is part of the problem.......anyway, bought a new plug from GoOutdoors today for £2.99......

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