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BE CAREFUL!

A lot of campsites EHU's are only rated for a maximum 10 amp draw and a 3kw heater will pull 12.5 amps! You would probably find that everytime you switch your new heater on, it trips out your campsite electric supply!

People dont seem to appreciate that the electric supply at a campsite isn't the same as home. They plug in far too much stuff brought from home and then complain when the power keeps tripping out!. Electric camping equipment is low power stuff to stop this sort of problem happening - for example, I have a fast boil kettle in my kitchen rated at 2.8kw - plug that in at the campsite and I have already overloaded the campsites system with just one item!

If you want to work out how many amps your equipment is using, the formula is

Watts =  Amps x Volts

in your new heaters case:

3000watts = Amps X 240v....................

Amps = 3000/240...............................................Amps = 12.5

Hope this helps you out a bit!

I bought a cheapie similar to this one last year - Its within the power range but its not great to be perfectly honest!

Heater

Certaily no substitution for a hot cuppa and a cuddle up with the misses!

Stubb-z Ibought excatly the same heater,just a different name on it fo £7.99from Homebargains 2yrs ago,they are still the same price now.

Sc-78,I would buy a fan heater with more than 2000w as most sites will have a max of 10amp on their electric circuit.Even at 2000w you have to be a little carefulof what you have plugged in when you have the heater on.

Sods law that - I always miss out on the bargains!

Mucker - Thats seriously hard core camping that - hope you got your pitch cheap!