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10/2/2005 at 10:51pm
 Location: grantham lincs
 Outfit: swift classic baronette
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hi all,ive yet to buy my electrical hook up lead for FC.ive noticed you can get different lengths.would 10 metre be around the norm for campsite hook up? thanx  googie.



11/2/2005 at 12:05am
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 Hi googie welcome to the site ten or fifteen should be fine a few campsites H U can be a fair way to get to but the site will have some extension leads in this case (normally)


11/2/2005 at 9:43am
 Location: Milton Keynes
 Outfit: Bailey Alliance 66-2 Motorhome
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Googie

The standard length of an EHU cable is usually 25 metres. Mind you sod's law often comes into this. Buy a longer cable and you always pitch next to the electric bollard! Buy a short canble and you are miles away!!

David

 



11/2/2005 at 10:02am
 Location: Surrey
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant Auvergne
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I was going to say I reckon the lead that came wth our Bailey was about 20 mtrs.  I would not want it any  shorter as I have been at full length before now.

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"You can not change the wind, but you can adjust your sails"


13/2/2005 at 5:47pm
 Location: Scunthorpe
 Outfit: Sunlight T68
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Hi Googie

IEE regulations(bs 7671) state that a flexible cord or cable connecting a caravan or moter caravan to a pitch socket shall be 25mtr +/- 2mtr. This is the measurment all sites have to work from. Therfor I should make sure you're cable is 25 metres long, you should then find you are never found short. 



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13/2/2005 at 6:00pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Khyam Rigi-pod Excelsior
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I would recommend that you get the shop to try out the lead b4 parting with your hard earned as when we bought ours we only found out it didn't work when we arrived at site and needed to put up the lights!


16/2/2005 at 11:30am
 Location: Wakefield West York
 Outfit: Swift Basecamp+ Fo
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The 2nd time in France we had to hire an extra length of cable hook up.  We now have 2 lengths - a short one and a long one!  And if necessary we can join them together!  This is the story of our camping life - we always think we've done the right thing - made the right choices only to find ourselves needing something bigger/smaller!!

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16/2/2005 at 11:35am
 Location: Shropshire North Wales borders
 Outfit: Adria Win
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I used to have a 25 metre cable. On one trip someone exchanged it for a 15 metre one with a broken plug, I didn't notive till I packed up.

 



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16/2/2005 at 12:42pm
 Location: Isle of Skye
 Outfit: various small tents OH 3 kids RIP dog
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Low life...some people are just not worth the space they take up.

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Life is like a box of chocolates...


16/2/2005 at 1:00pm
 Location: NW of Glasgow
 Outfit: Sterling Searcher 2008 Volvo XC90
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Heard somewhere that someone once got their water pump swopped for an identical but defunct one


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16/2/2005 at 3:19pm
 Location: Cumbernauld Glasgow
 Outfit: Talbot Express
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Buy an indelible ink marker and put your initials & Post Code on EVERYTHING. Doesn't help to be over cautious.


16/2/2005 at 7:44pm
 Location: Belfast - Norn Iron
 Outfit: Ace Firenze Motorhome
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Quote: Originally posted by peacockwhitaker on 13/02/2005
I would recommend that you get the shop to try out the lead b4 parting with your hard earned as when we bought ours we only found out it didn't work when we arrived at site and needed to put up the lights!

Yes - I was in France for 3 weeks with a faulty unit.



16/2/2005 at 9:57pm
 Location: Shropshire
 Outfit: None Entered
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I always thought most campers were honest until the day my husband left the washing up to come and get 20p for the meter and - yes, you've guessed - somebody pinched our dirty crockery!!

Ronni




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