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16/6/2009 at 9:22pm
 Location: Taunton Somerset
 Outfit: Elddis Avante 534 + Nissan XTrail
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Hi everyone, we recently bought a 1993 pennine fiesta which has 240v electrical sockets either end of the camper and a consumer board inside one of the cupboards next to the fridge but has no external socket on the camper other than the whale socket which i take is for pumping water. Just wondering what i need to do to enable us to have elctrics for the fridge etc, or is the main socket located somewhere else on the camper??

Sorry to ask a daft question its just that this is the first one we have had and are very inexperienced!!

Thanks

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16/6/2009 at 9:36pm
 Location:  Surrey
 Outfit: 2004 Crusader Peugeot 406 HDi136
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Take a good look all around the perimiter up to 12" in or look in the locker box or look where the cable goes from the consumer board.

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16/6/2009 at 9:57pm
 Location: Taunton Somerset
 Outfit: Elddis Avante 534 + Nissan XTrail
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Thanks Iain, i can t see anything under the body of the camper other than cabling feeding the sockets. I suppose it may be just a case of running a cable from the consumer board with a socket for us to plug into

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17/6/2009 at 11:52am
 Location: Lowestoft Suffolk
 Outfit: Skoda Superb DSG + Elddis Affinity 550
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What is normal in order to connect to an electrical hook up is a so called 'commando socket' mounted somewhere on your van.

It looks like this


17/6/2009 at 2:48pm
 Location: Surrey
 Outfit: Compass Casita 866 & Kia Sorrento
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Is it in the battery compartment?  Assuming you have one on this model?

 

 



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17/6/2009 at 5:24pm
 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
 Outfit: Compass Kensington + Octavia 4x4
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Look underneath the trailer as well as the sides sometimes put there.

Andi


17/6/2009 at 5:29pm
 Location: Taunton Somerset
 Outfit: Elddis Avante 534 + Nissan XTrail
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Thanks for the info, i don t have a battery compartment or appear to have a commando socket so will need to purchase one and wire it in, just seems a bit strange that all the electrics are in place ready

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17/6/2009 at 7:03pm
 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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Very odd indeed

Andi


11/7/2009 at 12:54am
 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
 Outfit: Pennine Sterling 510
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Have you checked even in the gas locker ? The Fiesta has most of its hardware at the hitch end of the camper so would suggest having another look around the A frame and underneath that end of the camper. Do you have a 12n and 12S lead  on the hitch or could you have a 12N and a second lead with a commando socket on the end?  In desperation you could contact the vendor and ask them where the EHU plugs into the camper. They are usually on the outside near the Power managment unit inside.   Pennine power managment units are usually coffee coloured with a RCB built in bottom left and a single red neon and illuminted rocker switch on the top.  Unless the mains kit has been fitted by an DIY amateur and wired to take power in through a 13 amp socket inside the camper like a giant extension lead (not good!)

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