Campsite owners and management team (in the case of the Club, the Club and its Holiday Site Managers) are responsible for the safety of the electrical supply equipment up to the socket outlet on the site bollard where you connect your hook-up cable.

Campsite Electricity - The Camping and Caravanning Club

Your connecting lead will need a plug to match this socket outlet and a connector to match the inlet to your unit, both complying with BS EN 60309-2. Most new caravans and motorhomes will carry a three-year National Caravan Council approval certificate covering the electrical installation. allows for any load within reason for normal users who cannot ascertain whether their load is purely resistive or not. Uncoil the connecting cable from the drum (a coiled cable with current flowing through it may overheat). If the live wire is presented to your electrical connection on the neutral side, this is known as reversed polarity (see inset box).

Get Out With The Kids is packed full of ideas and useful info for enjoying outdoor activities with your kids. With your booking, you will get full Leisure Passes for access to all of the wonderful onsite facilities. That means you could run a low-watt camping or travel kettle (around 750 Watts), plus a low-watt toaster (900 Watts). Remember also that most appliances you use will have been designed for the domestic environment and may therefore be vulnerable to condensation.

1 Way 16A Smartcard Metered Caravan Hook-Up Unit

Electrical consumption table This table shows how many watts (W) and amps (A) normal appliances may require. Are the relatively essential items I've mentioned above likely to trip the leccy or would I have ample spare capacity? Use our helpful step-by-step guide for hooking your caravan or motorhome up to the mains to make sure you have a safe and enjoyable touring holiday. Do not allow children to play around the hook-up installation or supply cable or allow them to connect or disconnect supplies.Even though you may have a 16A hook-up, the power sockets in your caravan or motorhome may be protected by a circuit breaker of just 10A. Complete with an IP65 weatherproof polycarbonate enclosure, built-in cable terminals and switchgear access flaps with an optional galvanised ground mounting post. The site post will have a female socket ready for the male end connection on your site hook up lead. Such leads now come supplied with new caravans and motorhomes constructed under the National Caravan Council (NCC) approval scheme, but suitable leads fitted with the appropriate blue plug and socket are available from most camping or caravan dealers, these connecting leads must be PVC/PVC flexible cable, with three cores, each core being 2. kw plugged in even if no other electricity is being used and 16A is available at the other end of the EHU lead.