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20/1/2015 at 8:09pm
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If you are thinking of using LED strips then I am assuming you have EHU. Up until now I have always used an ordinary bedside table lamp with an energy saver bulb in it but I recently bought some LED light bulbs for home use and I am very impressed with them so may change to those. I will still use a bedside lamp though (maybe two) as I find those more 'homely' than cold strip lighting.
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20/1/2015 at 8:33pm
Location: Hatfield Peverel Essex Outfit: Ace Supreme Twinstar Disco 3
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EHU = Electric Hook Up.
i.e. Mains electricity is supplied from a bollard adjacent to your pitch via a cable to a socket inside your tent. Subject to certain limitations on power usage you can therefore use most low wattage domestic appliances or lights.
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20/1/2015 at 8:37pm
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Lol - sorry - EHU is electric hook up.
When I had a small caravan with no mains electric I used a leisure battery for the 12 volt lighting and I used a jump start battery pack to run an old 12 volt black and white TV. The jump start battery didn't last more than a few hours but may well last a lot longer with just low power lighting. I am sure the leisure battery would have lasted a week or more had I camped for that long.
Obviously proper leisure batteries designed for use in caravans etc; weigh a ton and car batteries aren't much better so not really ideal for tent camping.
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20/1/2015 at 10:11pm
Location: West Midlands Outfit: Various tents
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Quote: Originally posted by Leevic0 on 20/1/2015
Was thinking of using a battery pack , you know the jump start type, with led lighting I thought they would last a long time? But not sure ?
You don't really need EHU or a battery pack for tent lighting - have a search for "UFO" LED lights, of which you'll find a large range of designs and prices, most have some means of attaching to a tent pole or flysheet-to-inner tapes and are very economical in their use of AA batteries.
Lots of threads about them
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20/1/2015 at 10:30pm
Location: Garstang Outfit: Outwell Vermont 7SA
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Bob was that four candles or fork handles ;)
------------- 2 Weeks in Watergate Bay August 2017
lots of weekend escapes as soon as it warms up.
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27/1/2015 at 3:22pm
Location: Maidstone Outfit: Outwell Bear Lake 6
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We use a long lead with an in-line switch and a LED warm white light bulb in a tradition pendant light fitting hanging from the main central point in the living room of our tent (hubby is an electrician so no excuse for poor lighting!). Works a treat at lighting the tent properly and dead cheap to make. I can't bear scrabbling around trying to find things in the dark! We have ours plugged into a remote control extension lead so we can switch it on and off from bed or outside. We also use cheap Ikea clip on lights for more directional lighting over the stove etc in our awning, and solar fairy lights round the porch. We also have a battery Coleman table lamp http://www.coleman.eu/UK/p-26071-cpx-6-portable-led-table-lamp.aspx which gives off a lovely warm glow - perfect for sitting outside or for more subtle lighting in your tent. It is brilliant and we use it more than any other light we have, but is very big to find space for in our packed to the roof car! Oh, also have added the flexible LED lighting strips now too for the awning, but they are a really harsh light so only used for doing actual "work" in the dark. Yep, we pretty much are lit up like Heathrow when we need to be!
------------- Caroline
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