Amp usage
I have recently bought my first motorhome and have booked Christmas away in Devon with 15amp hook up. Will this be enough to use oven and cook Xmas dinner
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I don't know the first thing about motorhomes, but doesn't yours have a gas cooker and hob?????
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Oven!!?🤔
16amp is the usual and it’s sufficient to run heating, hot water and bits and pieces.
See here for general electrical info -
https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/advice-and-training/technical-advice/mains-electrical-installation/
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I Would think your oven will be gas but maybe one of the hobs will be electric so just the water heater, fridge and central heating can be run off the electric . if you look around the club web site or the club hand book you will see a list of the amount of current used by the electrical equipment again if not check out the rating plates for the wattage and divide by 240 that roughly gives the current it requires
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By ‘oven’ do you mean something like an electric multi cooker? If so, they’re typically rated around 1500w, so about 6.5 amps.
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Get another inquiry that is 3 weeks old, and we know the reason why, although in my mind it is not acceptable and put this forum in a bad light. I would be surprised if the OP has hung around that long waiting for a response, I would certainly have gone looking somewhere else for a speedier response.
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Good point…hadn’t clocked the date, but it’s a waste of everyone’s effort & time.
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What was the reason for the 3 week delay to the first response?
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A good question, one we have been trying to get a proper answer to for ages. Perhaps you might have more luck than the rest when you pose that question to HO.
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Is it do do with 'approving' a first-time poster? I noticed another one, yesterday, with the same sort of delay. Still unacceptable - the forums I started to subscribe to in the past have usually given approval in an hour or so.
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Hello MalLes and a warm welcome after a ridiculous delay. See all previous comments regarding the time lag.
If you hung around long enough to receive replies well done and.....
I expect your oven is gas so yes you can use it to your Christmas Dinner, ensure you have sufficient gas.
On a campsite that's generally about your electrical amps. Just watch what you're using together electric wise.
More advice will be forthcoming, I'm sure, if you respond to this thread.
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Malles. It is not too difficult to work out for yourself. As a rough, but accurate enough for us, guide - watts divided by 220v = amps drawn. So a 2000 watt appliance divided by 220 would draw 9 amps. BUT as you will probably have your heater on as well do the sums carefully if it is drawing electricity! Enjoy your Christmas dinner in your motorhome
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And don't brother that there is lower also being drawn by your battery charging unit, and lights which you may have on, TV too.
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Ours is plugged into the 12 volt socket in the little locker with the aerial connector and an unused 240 volt socket. It doesn’t matter then if the site electric goes down and we have used it off grid over there to watch DVD’s. Although the TV has a built in satellite decoder, also powered by the 12 volt, we have decide not to bother with a dish.
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