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I have just started caravanning, and take my first trip at the end of the month.

So thought i would check my electrics, and brought myself an extra connection so that i can hook up to the house, the sockets worked perfectly as i boil a kettle, but lights did not.

Yet the lights work fine on the caravan battery, is there a reasion for this. i would hate for my first camp to be a disarster.

Little Robert

Quote: Originally posted by bordercaz on 17/9/2006

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The lights will be 12v, not 230v, that's why they work from the battery and not the EHU. Modern vans have a transformer/charger which charges the leisure battery and pwers the 12v system when on EHU but the older vans did not have these and the two systems were totally separate. I used to carry a battery charger with me and when the battery got low I charged it from one of the 240v soxkets in the caravan.

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Thank u that would mack sence, i have a battery charger in the van already and thought thaat i would take it with me any way, just in case it was needed.

Best regards

Little Robert

But what does not make sence is that when i go the caravan was told not to use the spots on the battery, has they drink the battery very quick.

thinking that it would run on mains.