When to replace your uhu cable

PaulandKate
PaulandKate Forum Participant Posts: 64
edited March 2016 in Parts & Accessories #1

Been on the Southport club site easter weekend and on nosing around the other caravans and mhs on site I noticed a few differences in ehu cables the one that really stood out was a blue one 

All the others were orange or should I say orange ish 

Ours is getting upto to 3 years old and is still very orange but some looked very faded and looked more like a dull yellow colour and it made me think is there a life span on ehu cables as in the amount of uv damage to the outer skin 

Just wondering that's all 

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  • hitchglitch
    hitchglitch Forum Participant Posts: 3,007
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    edited March 2016 #2

    They will last a very long time so don't worry about replacing. Whilst orange is nice and visible and recommended by the Club (although not cumpulsory), most cables I see on the continent are black and smaller diameter.

  • bestboy
    bestboy Forum Participant Posts: 302
    edited March 2016 #3

    Oh heck I've never changed cables on purpose in thirtyfive years, in fact for quite a few years didn't have one to change!

     Perhaps I've used new ones when changing vans but I.ve got three in the garage still bagged.

  • Princewood
    Princewood Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited March 2016 #4

    The blue ones are usually for use in cold weather.  I've been told that once temperatures get below zero, the orange ones can become brittle, the blue ones are good to about -15. 

  • Whittakerr
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    edited March 2016 #5

    You should get 15 years use minimum

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,647 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 2016 #6

    The blue ones are usually for use in cold weather.  I've been told that once temperatures get below zero, the orange ones can become brittle, the blue ones are good to about -15. 

    We've always had a Yellow/Orange one and never had a problem, so far, in nearly 40yrs of caravanning, although we caravan all year round and at all sorts of temperatures that one meets in this country. All I find is that during cold weather the cable does not wind up as easliy as it does when the weather is warm. I must admit that as we change the van fairly regularly the cables we've had never get older than 10 yrs of age.

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