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teash
13/7/2005 at 1:15am
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Anybody body got one if so wots the best(ish) one on the market , reason being got to the van on friday and the awning felt like is was about to melt, dreading going up on friday NOT


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brian_R has one for sale for £40 ish i think


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13/7/2005 at 8:06am
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Cheers tentmad


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I got an "Airforce" one from B&Q (£299.99 or thereabouts), have used it constantly at home (too heavy for caravan!), but I wish they had put the drain plug above floor level!

I think Tesco's are selling a smaller one around £65, don't know how heavy they are though



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13/7/2005 at 9:22am
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I got one from B&Q, they had a sale at the end of June. Twin Pipe 12,000BTU, was £349, got it for £212. It's great, cools our south facing conservatory well so I guess it will cool the inside of the awning. I notice they are back to full price but they have still almost sold out in this hot weather. I am toying whether or not to take it to France in our caravan. It's takes 6.2 amps on full blast, the site is 6A so if I had it on low it may be ok.


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PersonPeridot
13/7/2005 at 3:11pm
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Quote: It's takes 6.2 amps on full blast, the site is 6A so if I had it on low it may be ok.

The compressor start current may well be the deciding factor irrespective of setting. Could well be higher than the rated current.


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13/7/2005 at 3:27pm
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Hi peridot,

Most fuses and MCB's can take overcurrent briefly, the compressor I measured last took 50 amps at 12v but the running current was only 2.9 amps, if you scale that up to mains.....

a 6 amp fuse will take 7 amps for ages before (if it ever did!) they all have some leeway built in and many are slow BLOW anyway.

 


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13/7/2005 at 3:55pm
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http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/Distribution/Mcb.htm


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18/7/2005 at 10:31am
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Quote: Originally posted by i4as on 13/07/2005
the site is 6A .

Just got info pack for the site and it's 10A, so may be ok.

And - saw portable air conditioners in Homebase yesterday, £199 for twin pipe (best portable type)



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