Off grid
Hi everyone
Apologies in advance if this has been asked already, where pretty new to caravaning and are hoping to get set up for 'off grid' caravanning to save money on EHU site fees.
I have found a list of CaMC certificated off grid sites which would be of interest, however would these sites give access to clean water and liquid waste disposal?
If they don't, how do people overcome the issue of towing with water or waste on board and where do you dispose?
Thank you all in advance for your help.
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Thats fantastic, thank you for your help!
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I remember sites without electricity 50 years ago and have no wish to relive the past. Electric hookups are a boon, mains electricity these days is from renewable sources, but gas for heating and cooking is a fossil fuel doing no good to anyone.
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Just for perspective….electricity from renewables is currently less than 50% so none of us are perfect. It’s scale that matters, a few hobbyists in a field using lpg aren’t going to have the same impact as thousands of caravanners heating up their awnings (and the atmosphere) with electricity. That said, I agree with the principle of your point, just need to make sure we don’t beat ourselves up about it too much.
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Woohoo, progress at last. The Turbine maker(Siemens) on Hull dockside are running at capacity so there are plenty more on the horizon👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Hello Newbie😁 (Suggest you change that set of numbers generated by Club and find yourself a proper screen name)
Touring without using electric hook up is in fact quite easy in Summer, providing you understand how your caravan and its various components such as lights, fridge, cooking, heating and showering work. It used to be the only way of touring, although now of course you can hook up to electrics, or fit gadgetry to your existing outfit. The more electrical equipment you want to use, such as a TV, toaster, hairdryer etc.. you must have, then it gets a little bit more complicated, and you will need to get your van kitted out.
However, if all you want to do is enjoy a cheap holiday, in some lovely locations, then gas bottles and a small solar panel will easily see you through. You can charge up phones, IPads anything that uses a USB via your car when out and about, although some CLs do offer somewhere to do this if you ask.
Here’s a link to the Club’s CL page, suggest you scroll down to the Q&A’s at the bottom, this will tell you what to expect when you go to a CL. https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/uk-sites/certificated-locations/
Some Club Sites offer economy non electric pitches as well, some Club Sites offer hook up to electric but no loo blocks and these can be good value as well.
The choice of how to off grid tour is yours, you could keep it simple, you could invest in some of the gadgetry, all depends on your preferences. You might need a bit more if you decide to tour in Winter, when keeping warm becomes more of a priority.
We often go non hook up in our MH or our van in Summer, did three weeks away last year with no problems. Search the threads for more information, some folks never use hook ups and have all sorts of very good information to pass on👍
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Did you know that the blades of wind turbines have only limited lifespan
Some of the "retired" blades have found a new use in helping to support railway banks and vulnerable cuttings,
So there is plenty of work to keep the Hull Plant going
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Was that coal free, which certainly was the case, but excluded natural gas? In any event I think coal powered will be history by 2025.
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Recycling JV-even better. I love it👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Apologies for this being way OT from the OP's question, but did anyone see the TV program last night about the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power generating plant? What a phenomenal undertaking! I suppose non-renewable resources used in its construction will be outweighed over time.
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I’m no expert Tinny but I’d say nuclear power is better than fossil fuel, I think Nuclear power is so much renewable & so much not so🤷🏻♂️, that’s an improvement on fossil fuels 100% not so.
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Yes, the former residents of Chernobyl might agree. I don’t much like the idea of the Chinese dabbling in nuclear plant construction a few miles up the road from me either.
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My feelings, too. It's far from perfect but we have little alternative🤷♂️
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+1
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I installed mains electric into my caravan about 1996. Surprisingly to me the fridge already fitted was able to run on mains power despite not originally having mains electric. I found a full installation kit on a top shelf at a local caravan sales shop. It was black with dust and sold to me at half price.
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I'm not a fan of nuclear power. It leaves a massive problem for the future, which with current technology we can't deal with, apart from putting the waste in storage containers for future generations to deal with.
Sellafield, which was the home of the first nuclear reactor in the UK has not produced power for many years and is currently being decommissioned. There is currently a 100 year plan to fully decommission Sellafield, which based on current progress will be missed by decades. the cost of decommissioning is frightening, running in to the tens, if not hundreds of £Billions of tax payers money.
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The First caravan we had with mains power (a must have gimmick then?)single early 1970s was a Mardon and it also had real glass double glazing, and also a gas light for backup
when. EHU was not common on sites and even then was 5amp up to10amp maxThe gas fire was a strange type that you llt the front of the fire and was not vented to the outside
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SB, LLM-at the mo we are destroying the only home we have(Earth) the weather patterns are getting more violent so the fossil fuels have to go. Given the time frame it’s going to be a long while to get renewables to feed us all. Nuclear is a small part of the plan. Chernobyl was an accident waiting to happen & it was country specific not the whole planets problem. Climate change affects the whole planet bar none☹️
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Disparate folks like Albanians and Welsh hill farmers might disagree about the Chernobyl specific implications. Also, don’t forget Windscale, Kyshtym, Three Mile Island and more recently Fukushima Daiichi. If the latter was an accident waiting to happen, so is Hinckley. Accidents happen, but none with such devastating long-term implications as nuclear ones. Sometimes the risk outweighs the benefits.
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So-better an uninhabitable planet than short term issues. We have only 1 planet. . .We can’t move elsewhere🤷🏻♂️. Win me over with your plans of what are the alternatives within the climate change timeline SB then I’m with you👍🏻
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Building a few nuclear power plants in this country won't solve the global climate change problems; that's if such a thing actually exist. Can you prove that it's not just a global cycle? After all the ice age did not happen overnight.
Back to UK nuclear. If there's a serious accident a significant part of our tiny island could become uninhabitable. How is that going to help reduce global warming?
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We could debate climate change and energy strategy but I think we’re getting a big off-topic. All the OP wanted was advice on boiling a kettle in a field!
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Actually, he/she seems to be happy with boiling the kettle but wanted to know if water would be available and how to dispose of the washing up water and tea bag😀. Still, it’s been interesting👍🏻
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