Members/non members heating awnings
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Folk that enjoy staying in shape to ensure they’re not chastised for their size perhaps🤔
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On this one. i hold my hands up. Though we do not heat the awnings if is no being used, we do if we are socializing or eating ,though we do everything we can, to make the awning as air tight as possible
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The blown up out of proportion posts, about I have paid for my electricity in my pitch? price is used so often to cover the inconsiderate use of using heaters to heat the sky in awnings
Then there are posts knocking those who drive vehicles that are needed to follow their type of holiday but do not have any real answers
As for the warden we know and he was not the only one who would trip the bollard for that pitch ,when noting radiant 2kw plus with no one in attendance in awnings
Those who use club sites will or should have noticed that the later type of bollards the trips are now accessable by the pitch user
and the even later type of bollard has to be set by the pitch user before use and trips when the umbilical leads plug is removedSo any one can now trip or reset their (or others
)as often as they like when overloading the supply. rather than running to the site staff to get it done, Ps the Oft quoted 16amp supply is the max, and if there is a full site 16amp being drawn .on all pitches the main trips on site could activate , hence the notices to think of others when using the site supply
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You obviously do not know how Micro waves work
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You do Wardens no favours when you paint them in a bad light as you have recently, I’ve never met a Warden who is anything but friendly, helpful & industrious. You suggest they are more like Army drill instructors on power trips. I find this most unfair & maligning☹️
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My issue is not with the use of heaters in an awning , but with the irresponsible and unnecessary of heaters ,and going out and leaving heaters on ,defiantly falls into that definition
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That is what when Questioned? and some site staff trying to keep others on site safe, there are some who then jump to to the defence. of said inconsiderate people probably some. the said perpetrators or in a vain attempt to try to score points as you may have noticed
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A shock moment we seem to agree on something
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With the state of the planet then heating a tent, which is basically what an awning is, is IMO wrong. If someone does it in the evening because they have decided to eat an evening meal outside, or as Easy has said to use very rarely to have some quiet time then I can understand but not to put it on whilly nilly, certainly not when the occupiers are out, what are they thinking. If we all did it site fees would certainly go up. (again). As for tugging caravans with big motors, this must surely be better for the environment than flying abroad on holiday many times a year.
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Again you state a warden you know, as well as other wardens, would indiscriminately turn off the electricity supply to someone's unit. I wonder if these wardens ever think of possible consequences. Maybe the customer has a battery for a mobility scooter or electric cycle on charge and turning off the power supply would mean these devices could not be used. Perhaps the customer is inside their unit using some form of medical equipment that requires a mains supply. Perhaps there is a meal cooking in a slow cooker.
Dont get me wrong, i am not condoning leaving a heater on in an unoccupied awning at all, but surly a better approach from the warden would be first to find out if the customer had just nipped inside their unit for a couple of minuets, maybe to make a drink or take a comfort break. If this was not the case and the customer appeared to be off site then i would expect the warden to switch off the heater and have a friendly word with the customer on their return explaining the dangers of leaving an unattended heater switched on.
Perhaps you would like to suggest this approach to the warden you know.
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It is indeed a strange state of affairs that awning heaters are allowed, when the following statement is put on the site details leaflet.
Electric hook-up
The costs of electricity are included in your pitch fee, but please think of the environment by considering your electricity use.
In no way can it be considered thinking of the environment, unless in the negative. Also of course there is now a charge for coupling up an EV, even a Hybrid one. Some of those might not consume any more than an awning heater left on all evening.1 -
I can't see anything in the OP to say the occupants were not present when the heater was on. If that was the case, then yes that was clearly pointless. But if they were present throughout then that's their choice and nobody elses.
To take it to its logical conclusion, anybody with onboard facilities should always shower in their van as they would tend to use less water than in the shower block? Saving the planet being the same argument?
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Difficult one that JVB. We don’t leave devices on charging while we are out, but do leave the heating and water heater on thermostat. Plus of course the leisure battery charger is operational. We do turn the water pump off in case of a very unlikely micro switch failure. I am sure we are all different and have varying opinions on what constitutes a risk.
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JVB66 i have edited my post you have quoted. Perhaps you would like to read it again and comment.
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Ha ha, this reminds me of the Michael McIntyre sketch, ‘ we trust the fridge, the fridge can be trusted, now the other electrical items’ Me - after a long ago work scenario with the fire brigade, I drive my family wild, I leave nothing plugged in charging when we are out or overnight. And that’s at home! But I trust the fridge.
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As said we all have ours views, we all think it's right or wrong for whatever reason but until the club changes its current ruling it is allowed and people will continue.
I've noticed a change though in how this is perceived now. Down the (many) years this has been aired, once it was just driving prices up and why should I pay for someone's heating. Now while that is still in this thread the majority of posts are about the environmental impact. I wonder when this shift happened?
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how is a warden who is thinking of the majority on a site i rather than those who think only of themselves, your words an "Army drill instructor?"
Thinking of a third one at the front but will have to use next doors bollard socket so will make up a splitter 
