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PersonSGThomas
10/1/2012 at 1:06pm
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In France you may come across 3amp or more commonly 5amp in the smaller municipal sites.


Personldpdmp
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never come across a 3 amp  but 5 and 6 are very common abroad     10 is common  16 amp is rare        travel equipment is the way to go - generally smaller so space and weight saving  -  and certainly less power so you are less likely to trip things out UNLESS the proverbial hair drier appears  


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Thanks for those. My homework suggested 16A is common for caravan and trailer hookups but not tents. I'll add the 3A and 5A and submit an update.

Paul+Kate, as someone said, look for the sticker on the appliance. For example from the bottom of my kettle:



In this case you would enter 2200 for the Power (W) because that corresponds to 230V. It wouldn't matter if you chose the larger wattage, just more room for error.

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Thanks sanhozay were are going to holland and it says 16amp ehu does this mean I will get the 16amp power supply into my tent sorry about all the questions but electricity is not my forte

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If it says 16A for tents that's what you should get. That's a generous supply.

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Richard


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Personpaul+kate s-o-t
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Sanhozay sorry but another question if I buy a lamp and use a 40 watt bulb is that the amount of watts the lamp will draw I must sound really thick

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Yes, a lamp with a 40W bulb consumes 40W of power. It's the bulb that matters so if you use a 16W low energy bulb in the same lamp, it consumes 16W.

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Thanks Richard getting to grips with it a bit now and your app is great will use this a lot

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A x V = W


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sorry to add to your confusion,but alot of tent hookups only have a 10amp mcb if yours is the same then this will be your limit even if you are on a 16amp hookup.

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iPhone app is a great idea, how about one for all us Android users?



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