Can you use normal kettle, toaster at the campsite? Electrical hook up on a camping pitch is fab! Provided you have the right lead, you can enjoy all home comforts in your caravan, tent or a motorhome. EHU is great, but there is a hook with the electric hook up on UK campsites, and those of you who do caravanning a lot, know the problem with electricity on sites: the rate of supply is much lower than at home! Most of sites offer rate of 10 Amps, some, like the one we work on has 16 Amps. That means at the same time each pitch on a campsite can draw up to 3kW of power. It is not a lot, and a domestic kettle will use about 2kW alone! Bad news for those who love tea and toast for brekkie while camping: you won't be able to use a domestic kettle and a toaster at the same time in your caravan or in a tent. Such powerful appliances will cause the fuse on your hook up to trip, as the circuit will be overloaded. There are two circuit breakers which protect your unit from fire hazard: one in your caravan or motorhome, and one on EHU point outside. Tripping electrics is not the end of the world, and happens to most of campers on site, but you want to avoid it. It is not nice to go outside to flip the switch back on, and on some sites there may be quite a distance from your caravan to EHU point. It may be a serious issue in colder months, when you do winter camping. If there are many campers using electricity for heating, your supply will be reduced and it is even easier to have a power cut. If you plan a camping holiday, it is worth to buy low wattage camping appliances such as kettle, toaster or a microwave. These use a fraction of power required by domestic appliances and will not cause an overload on the circuit. Yes, a camping kettle is smaller, takes longer to boil water and is more expensive than a normal kettle, but it is a good investment, especially when you need electricity for heating. There are more camping gadgets which will be easy on camping electrics. When we first started living on wheels it was one of the first lessons we had to learn: that there is a limit to te power we can use on a campsite. It is ok to have your appliances with you when you come camping or caravanning, as long as you don't use all of them at the same time! Please subscribe to see more videos about our campsite life and work. It is free!
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Chapters:
00:25 Using electricity on a campsite is not the same as at home.
01:11 What is an EHU and what type of a power lead you will need?
01:56 How much power can you use on a campsite? How many appliances can you use at the same time?
02:55 Only 10 to 16 amps on caravanning sites, comparing to 80 amps at home in the UK.
04:00 Each caravan has a circuit breaker, our is set at 13 amps, we can use up to 2990 Watts.
05:04 What happens if you overload your electricity supply on a campsite? Fuses on EHU and inside your caravan.
05:44 Why it is a bad idea to keep tripping your electrics in your caravan?
06:23 Why a domestic kettle is not good on a campsite.
07:25 Why powering a domestic kettle and a domestic toaster at the same time will trip your EHU fuse.
08:10 What was the reason for a major power cut we had on our site recently?
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