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we fasten ours to the table leg with the clips at the back and use ties to stop it slipping down. when we first started camping we laid it on the floor before we got sig and it was always ok. but i would be tempted to lift it off the floor. just in case!

I keep mine on the floor.  No worries.  It would surely trip if it got a soaking?

Quote: Originally posted by arkaig on 25/6/2008

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I keep mine on the floor.  No worries.  It would surely trip if it got a soaking?

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If the sockets on the unit get water in, or the appliances plugged into them, the RCD on the unit will trip.

The trip will only protect the unit from the trip onwards. So if, on an unlucky set of circumstances, water shorts out the incoming cable to the unit, inside or outside the unit, if the site breaker doesn't trip, you could get a shock.

Im glad i read this post i didnt think about the EHU being off the floor either. Will hve to look into this. Any tips?

John.

When we had a dome tent, I bought a 2 ring stove & table in a deal at Makro.  The table looks like this: -

I fitted a plastic board on one side of the table with some screws just protruding, nuts on the back.  I made some strips of steel with 2 slots underneath that clip over these screws,  thus holding the EHU onto the table legs. 

We now have a FC, we use the table in the awning with the old EHU plugged into an all weather socket under the floor of the unit.   You can see it here: -