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Hi guys,

Have read most of the posts about fridges and being a bit slow off the mark am still confused!! We're going camping to Scotland next week with our 3 kids and for the first time have booked EHU, mainly because we don't want to freeze to death! This way we can take a heater. We were planning on taking fridge, lights and maybe a radio but still don't want to spoil the tenting thing by taking TV, etc. This is the first time we'll have been for as long as this tho' (12 nights!!!) so will need to cook a bit more than usual.

Can anyone advise re. how many appliances we can run without burning the tent down or tripping out the site? Also, we've seen a tabletop fridge in Comet for about £80 (Micromark 1.4 cu. ft. gr. cap.) which seems a much better deal than camping fridges which seem to cost a fortune and are tiddly by comparison. Since we're there for 12 nights so won't be moving (unless we're flooded out!) are there any probs with taking something like this? We don't need it to be portable but we don't want stinky milk or warm beer! We'll also probably bring a couple of pre-prepared meals that we'll need to keep cold (spag bol type stuff) b4 we hit the pub meals, but since we're pitched in the middle of nowhere we'll need to be a bit more self-sufficient than usual. Any tips for using our elec to get the best of our camping experience. We're game for most of things but would benefit from your experience..!

Cheers,

Ronni x

hi ronnie,

we had a trailer tent for three years and we used the type of fridge (table top) that you mention, we had no problems what so ever, we used to have the fridge plugged in constantly, also a radio or tele and when needed a heater and we had no problems with the electric supply, main reason for buying a table top fridge was for keeping insulin cold, now we have moved on to caravans and we still take our fridge with us so that my beer loving husband has a fridge solely for his beer supply and i have the caravan fridge for food.As you say they do have more room in them and we found it brilliant in the tent, and to be honest they really arnt that heavy unless hubby fills it with beer befor we leave

ronni as for stinky milk just get a fresh pint each day if theres a sitew shop or get it from the pub the evening previous ,buy a bucket fill with cold water put beers in this saves room in fridge try to go for fresh foods or tinned they can keep for a couple of days if kept in the cool box  

how much you can run depends on the site hook up i may be out of date here but it used to be 5/10 or 16amp i always found an easy way to keep an eye on things was to ask the site what amp the hook up is and think 1000w per 5 amp and i think the only marked wattage on a appliance you cant take any notice of is the microwave,ie 900w micro may pull up to 2000w

also if you use a fan heater with a thermostatic setting just because you set it low dont help it will probaly come on at full power i allways use mine on the 1000w setting

The formula for working out how many amps you will use on site is

Wattage divided by voltage equals ampage

Carol

You will not freeze to death if you dont have a heater !!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote: Originally posted by magicaly on 06/08/2005

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The formula for working out how many amps you will use on site is

Wattage divided by voltage equals ampage

Carol

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Hi Ronni, Understand all you people down south have been having a cold wet summer recently.   Up here in sunny Scotland we have been basking in glorious sunshine quite a bit lately, and hardly any rain.   Hope it lasts for your holidays too.

Better bring the heater just in case!!!!