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27/8/2009 at 10:16am
 Location: Wokingham
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We are going away next weekend with EHU, apart from a hook up cable. What other equipment do you take?
I am planning on taking a fan heater for the evenings, but having not camped like this before I need advice.

Kate x


27/8/2009 at 10:24am
 Location: South Devon
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I take a small electric oven/grill, hair dryer, straightners, chargers,electric pump, coolbox,...... obviously I only use one appliance at a time!

Lin



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27/8/2009 at 10:29am
 Location: Newport Pagnell Bucks
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we take

Kettle, Toaster, Fridge, Tent lighting, mobile chargers, electric airbed pump



27/8/2009 at 11:26am
 Location: North Yorkshire
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We take fan heater, small fridge/cool box and a light.

If the boys take DS and mobiles we obviously take the chargers too.



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27/8/2009 at 12:17pm
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We take, electric cool box, lighting, TV/laptop, chargers and travel kettle.


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27/8/2009 at 12:23pm
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Just a air bed pump and a good plug in light for the darker nights and the fan heater.


28/8/2009 at 1:09am
 Location: Coventry
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Fridge, lights, kettle & heater, that's all.

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28/8/2009 at 10:07am
 Location: East Ull
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Take whatever will make it a comfortable and enjoyable holiday for YOU.

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28/8/2009 at 10:21am
 Location: Lichfield Midlands
 Outfit: Outwell Vermont XL Wild Country Cit 5
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Chargers, light, kettle (possibly toaster this time too if DW gets her finger out and gets one this am!), DVD player and of course the electric coolbox.

Seriously thinking about a fan heater for this w/e too...

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Riddles


28/8/2009 at 10:44am
 Location: The Glorious East
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All of the above. I find I need to organise the tent in such a way that I'm not constantly having to move the hookup around. Make sure the cable is in a safe place where you can't trip over it - it isn't always possible to pitch the tent with your cable access point closest to the outside electric point.

How many sockets do you have on your lead? If you have three make sure you don't overlaod it, although it's quite hard to do with the normal camping paraphanalia - fridge, 1kw fan heater and a light for example.

Also, read the pinned thread on this forum - I think there's something on there about working out how much you can load onto the sockets at any one time.

Enjoy the comforts!

Clare


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28/8/2009 at 11:34am
 Location: East Kent
 Outfit: Cabanons x 2. Norfolk Lake
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We`re going to camp with an EHU at Oct. half term too. never used one before.

I`m planning on using it for heating and lighting. ....and maybe the DS chargers!!!!



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28/8/2009 at 2:31pm
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I use EHU for cooking using a portable induction hob. We also use the electric to run a coolbox, camping toaster (low wattage) and lights and to charge up mobiles etc.

We recently bought a fan heater (Argos cheap one 1kw/2kw) and it is probably the best thing I have bought for camping. It makes the tent so cosy in the evening (especially during this lovely english summer we've been having 17) and means we can still sit around in  t-shirts playing cards and not think about the cold. We usually have it on high for about 10 minutes to warm up the tent then put it onto low to keep it at a nice temperature until bedtime.

Depending on the ampage of the electric we only ever tend to run 1/2 things at a time as we don't like to overload the electric. Therefore if I am using the fan heater we unplug everything else except the light.



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28/8/2009 at 7:05pm
 Location: Wokingham
 Outfit: Outwell Ohio XL Nevada M
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Thanks to everyone for all your comments, they have been really helpful x


28/8/2009 at 7:40pm
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Quote: Originally posted by TraceyD on 28/8/2009
Take whatever will make it a comfortable and enjoyable holiday for YOU.

Totally agree. If you only want to take the fan heater then take just that.

No need to take extra stuff just because you have EHU.

We tend not to go for EHU for shorter stays- means less packing and more choice of sites. 17

 



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29/8/2009 at 4:23pm
 Location: Oxfordshire
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We take a fridge (plugged in all the time), kettle, toaster, hairdryer, straighteners, rechargers for umpteen things, electric light and fan heater! Obviously don't use everything at once. Have only blown the trip switch once using fridge, hairdryer and kettle all at once. I think it's wise to only use one thing that heats something up at a time.

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29/8/2009 at 4:56pm
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fridge, electric fan heater, mini oven, tv, ipod docking station, electric coolbox, boosted tv aerial or sat tv system (depending on wether I can be bothered to set it up), dustbuster, ps3, mobile chargers and laptop.

you know, just the essentials

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