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You can use the EHU for almost anything.  All you have to make sure is that you don't overload it.  The way to know this is to look at the wattage specification of what you are plugging in ( it is near enough always printed on the equipment somewhere ).  Everything you plug into it must be less than about 2200 watts ( 2.2kw ).  £60 is about the normal price for a tripple EHU, there are some places doing them a bit cheaper than that now.

Also ensure that anything you take camping isn't that sensitive to camping conditions ( remember it may get a bit damp ).  In gerneral I havn't had any problems with normal electrical equipment and everything I have is on EHU.

Regarding heaters, it is very much a personal opinion and trial and error.  I have tried most forms of heating for our tent and eventually settled on Halogen.  But a lot of people prefer a fan heater.  Fortunately they can both be bought for around the £10 so they are cheap enough to experiment with.

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Bartown

here is a conversion table , your elecy stuff should give the watts it uses on an info plate on the item, find out the EHU amp level, usually 10 or 16, add up what you can use at any one time , the table will tell you if you're gonna be over or not , if over the amperage  of the site's EHU then it will trip , no big problem you just re-set it at your EHU post

R1ck

The sensible answer is A BIG NO , power-wise you can "pull" the same , but your normal extra socket extension has no protection against condensation, damp and have open sockets that liquid can get into, have an accident with any liquid, and you're tent will glow like christmas tree , just before you're all saying hello to St Peter at the gates !!!!

However, a lot of people do ignore these facts and take one, being extremely cautious , putting it in the inner (bedroom) tent, wrapping it up in waterproofing (placcy bag !) etc, etc and taking every care not to get any rain, cooking liquids, drinks, etc near it !!

Hope this helps you both

Cheers

On ours we have the fridge,lighting,fan heater and toaster, not on all together mind you !!

If anybody is interested I have a 3 point ehu for sale. Used it in my Sunncamp 400se tt before buying an fc. Give me a shout and may be able to do a deal.

Come on Lincoln City, still unbeaten in the league.

Quote: Originally posted by gorjulin on 09/9/2006

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Bartown

here is a conversion table , your elecy stuff should give the watts it uses on an info plate on the item, find out the EHU amp level, usually 10 or 16, add up what you can use at any one time , the table will tell you if you're gonna be over or not , if over the amperage  of the site's EHU then it will trip , no big problem you just re-set it at your EHU post

R1ck

The sensible answer is A BIG NO , power-wise you can "pull" the same , but your normal extra socket extension has no protection against condensation, damp and have open sockets that liquid can get into, have an accident with any liquid, and you're tent will glow like christmas tree , just before you're all saying hello to St Peter at the gates !!!!

However, a lot of people do ignore these facts and take one, being extremely cautious , putting it in the inner (bedroom) tent, wrapping it up in waterproofing (placcy bag !) etc, etc and taking every care not to get any rain, cooking liquids, drinks, etc near it !!

Hope this helps you both

Cheers

 

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 09/9/2006

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bearing in mind the appliances used by most campers are normally household appliances and are not protected against water or damp ingress.

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Which is a big reason not to use them and buy proper camping outdoor rated appliances instead.

Now I KNOW everyone does use their domestic appliances...I`ve taken the mini B&W tv, my travel hairdrier, the portable DVD player, the phone chargers on different occasions...none  of these are designed for or rated for use anywhere other than inside a house. So I`m as guilty as anyone. But I do feel these of us that know about this this (even though we then proceed to ignore it) have a responsibility to point this out to folk that don`t know this, rather than just say "Oh, it`s fine to use such and such." Then at least it`s their own choice to use their own appliances or not. And it would at least encourage caution. It`s not good to encourage the "Oh, safe as houses as long as you don`t trip the campsite electrics" concept.

Bottom line is to do what you want, but be aware of what you`re doing, no?