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Could it have something to do with the amount of electricity used?     A kettle/hairdrier etc is only on for short periods of time, but a heater may well be on for hours, using a large amount of electricity.

I know that some people will be paying for an EHU, and hardly use anything - we paid £3 a night recently - to run our fridge, and lighting last thing in the evening - oh and the odd charge for the mobile phones.      Everything else was gas - including kettle, and the fire which was needed a couple of times.

Mine switches off if it's not flat on the floor, but possibley. But then I think the alternative, ie a gas flame might be a tad more risky!

Has anyone actually asked this or any other site why heaters are not allowed ? We decided to not stay at this site because of its overall attitude and not just because of the EHU issue. We all seem to be throwing in what we believe to be the reason but it would be much better to find out why, the fact not assumption.

Flat screen TV's do not use a great amount of power once they are going, they do need a large surge of power to get them going momentarily but as long as all other appliances are switched off first this should not cause a problem.

We all need to understand that what one person likes in their van or tent may well be different to what we want but its their choice and if they pay the hook up charge then they can use the power how they want. However, if this means TV's and music being played too loud then that's a different matter. Mutual respect sadly does not seem to be a concern to some people but that should be dealt with more firmly by the site manager in my opinion.

Now I can not claim to be an expert on EHU as we have only just ventured into this world, but I am surprised to read that on some sites one unit can trip the entire park or at least an area. The site we have just returned from in the New Forest had seperate power supplies with its own circuit breaker for each hook up. Do I understand then that some sites use a common supply ? If this is the case how can the level of supply be calculated or controlled too each pitch ?

If this is the case then I would suggest that these sites need to invest in some updating of their facilities as what they are promoting is not complying with the level of service that we are purchasing. If we pay for a supply, be it 10 amp's or more then that is what we should get and then it is down to each pitch to control their draw on the supply to ensure it does not exceed this amount.

Have I understood this correctly or have I got the wrong end of the stick here ?

Gary

Quote: Originally posted by issym on 19/9/2009

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That was my point on the previous page. The comment following my observation was not being able to make a profit, well by charging for EHU the sites are making a profit whether it is metered or not. I bet I don't use £3 a day even with the fan heater.

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Went to Henley a couple of weeks ago and yes they do not allow electric heaters so i took a small gas fire. I noticed when i was there for a week nobody seemed to check as i saw campers using there electric heating.

alison 46