Electric hook-up

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  • Amesford
    Amesford Club Member Posts: 685 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2018 #122

    And in the process of laying out your hook cable and when rolling it back back up you can check all is ok 

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited July 2018 #123

    May I comment on the above. I never have to worry regarding EHU as I don’t use them. All my hot water, cooking, fridge and space heating is supplied by courtesy of Safefill gas which is about 25% of swapped Calor cylinders. The Solar Panel at 135watts, a 2000w PSW inverter and a 100ah Lithium Battery does everything else- lights, pumps, toaster, microwave, vacuum, blender, phone and tablet charging, toothbrush charging, and other bits and bobs like the supply of juice to our Transcool evaporative cooler in hot conditions that we are experiencing at the moment, oh, and the television if we decide to watch something like a DVD or similar. All music entertainment  is through the web and a Bluetooth speaker using milliamperes.  The sun provides all the power we need. Thankfully , I can’t see the day when I will be towing with an electric vehicle! However, as a footnote, winter caravanning is a different matter- depending on the conditions one might well need the use of the umbilical cord but I haven’t used one for 5 years. - and I’ve saved a small fortune on fees. As the charging of electric cars takes off, I can see increases in pitch fees being inevitable as the electricity bill for the club site or the CL will rise  considerably. I may be wrong here but Metering may have to be standard otherwise people who are not hammering the system to charge their cars will be charged a flat fee which will inevitably include a premium for EVs and paying more than they should? Fortunately, I won’t be paying for someone else’s electricity! 

  • hitchglitch
    hitchglitch Forum Participant Posts: 3,007
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    edited July 2018 #124

     Merve, this is all very commendable but also a big investment. Inverters can be problematic, particularly for motorhome where you have to think about alternator, habitation and engine batteries. Lithium batteries are very expensive and you need a big battery and balanced charging system for a 2kW inverter which needs to be professionally designed and installed. You also have a very large solar panel which is costly.

    In the summer in Italy we manage very well with a 3 amp EHU and don’t really need that as a standard battery and 60 Watt panel will suffice for several days. In our early days of caravanning we had no battery and plugged into the car for up to a week.

    You only need loads of power if you have TV, satellite, hair dryer etc. Seems a pity to spend all that time in the van when you are on holiday.

  • Lyke Wake Man
    Lyke Wake Man Forum Participant Posts: 238
    edited July 2018 #125

    Add the total watts all your appliances, divide by 230 ( Volts) the answer is your amps

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