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Hi All

New to the site, Ive been camping for a while now with the family .

 decided to use a ehu,do you have to use the suncamp ehu on sites or

can you use any ehu as long as it has got an rcd fitted?

Ive read and heard so many views.would be grateful if someone could give the correct info. Cheers

 thanks all for the info, great site .

£50 at www.outdoorworld.org.uk.

Mike J

Most look very similar to the sunncamp one, so if it looks the same, and its from a reputable shop, it should be fine. All too often I have seen tents on sites, and offers on e-bay that are no more than a 4 way extention with a 16A plug on the end, these are NOT safe.

Just one point to mention, look out for the orientation of the plug sockets.  You can get three socket EHUs with horizontal or vertical socket orientation. The best unit to get is where the leads exit from the side rather than the lead trailing over the next socket. This is because sometimes dependant upon the plug you might find it difficult to use all three sockets at once

Nigel.

I'm looking for one of the horizontal ones but the cheapest I've seen one so far is £85.

I asked the question as to any problems with accessing the middle plug and only one person replied saying that they could use theirs no problems.

There's a man who has a camping shop replied to my question and said that there is a new triangular one being released for sale in April and will post a picture of it when he gets one in.

I've just received one of the electric hook ups from this ebay seller:-

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5232-2978-1/1?AID=9479574&PID=1428744&mpre=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAMPING-EQUIPMENT-MOBILE-MAINS-POWER-UNIT-3-SOCKET-RCD_W0QQitemZ280093571031QQcategoryZ19296QQcmdZViewItem

I have to say that it is a solid, quality peice of kit and better quality than the sunncamp one that I looked at in a camping shop. It has 20m cable, horizontal sockets rcd, mcb a carry case and £5 cheaper inc delivery. Highly recommended. Obviously won't know if it works until I use it on a site for the first time

(And I'm not affiliated in any way with the seller)