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EverySecondCounts
EverySecondCounts Forum Participant Posts: 20
edited June 2021 in Caravans #1

Hi all

Those who may have read my previous adventures regarding the towbar cable will be pleased to know I have wired both 7n/7s cables into one 13 pin, which fits into the towbar electrics with no adaptor.  We have hazards, indicators, brake lights, night lights, and crucially nightlights & brakelights at the same time (assuming the brake pedel is engaged)!  THere are absolutely no reverse lights on the caravan, and as i would rather do a detour round the sun than reverse the wagon, I'm ok with that.

 

The Mrs signed me up for a Facebook Caravanning page, loads of advice but I think there is a definite US bias in terms of equipment and advice.  My latest worry concerns plugging in the caravan power cable from the house.  I have an adaptor to fit the caravan power point, the other end just plugs into a normal household wall socket.  The FB group recommends plugging into a converter, again, it's US based whose sockets run off different voltages (110 I think, not 240).

Am I in danger of burning the house down?  Or setting fire to the caravan?

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  • eribaMotters
    eribaMotters Club Member Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭✭
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    edited June 2021 #2

    I store my van at home in the garage and have done so for nearly 20 years. It is permanently hooked. I made a lead with a male fitting to fit the socket on the outside of the caravan to a three pin plug on the other end. 

     

    Colin

     

     

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,829 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2021 #3

    Colin made one. I bought one. Looks like this.

  • Amesford
    Amesford Club Member Posts: 685 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2021 #4

    I have made up a lead using a spare hook up lead cut to the correct length which is stored in the shed so i do not have to take the 25 mtr hook up lead from the caravan and we now have the luxury (as the house recently been rewired) of a suitable exterior socket fitted on the side of the house 

  • EverySecondCounts
    EverySecondCounts Forum Participant Posts: 20
    edited June 2021 #5

    That's what i have too.  Guess it's the Ozzies and US who have an issue then.

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited June 2021 #6

    @ ESC ... Am I in danger of burning the house down? Or setting fire to the caravan?

    No, not at all. It might be a good idea to plug into an RCD socket

  • Whittakerr
    Whittakerr Club Member Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭✭
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    edited June 2021 #7

    I'm pretty sure that any type of extension lead taken outdoors must be protected by an RCD. this could be at the socket or in the consumer unit.

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