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Some sites have the blue plug we are used to and some have the continental 2 pin sockets. You can even get a mix of both at the same site so I would get the adaptor just in case. They are not dear and take up no space.

Carol

Quote: Originally posted by Ardbeg1 on 19/5/2011

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We are off to France for the 1st time with our Montana 6.
1 week at Domaine des Ormes(Dol de Bretagne) followed by 1 week at Le Ranolien(Ploumanach)both have EHU.Will my EHU work or will i need a continental adaptor?
Have read all the stuff on reversed polarity and given the size of the sites am hoping everything will be ok.
Is this wise? or should i take a back up?
Kids very excited at the prospect of camping in France, i don't want to ruin it by getting all EHU stressed!

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we are there for half term ,from May 30th

have a fab trip

x

Quote: Originally posted by Rachieb on 19/5/2011

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we are there for half term ,from May 30th

have a fab trip

x

As everybody else says take a continental adapter. Very often we dont know what we will get until we get to a site so its always wise to have both.

Forget the reverse polarity as it has never caused a problem with anything we have in our tent and that includes heater, fridge, electric light, kettle, mobile chargers, DVD, battery chargers for cameras etc. etc. The only reason you will know if you have reverse polarity is that the red light will be on your circuit breaker.

One more tip is if you can put a plastic bag over your connection into the site box if it looks as though you may get some heavy rain to stop any inadvertant trips. Val de Authie on the Somme actually came round with black plastic bags when there was heavy rain forecast. Hope you dont get any rain but isn't it the scouts motto "be prepared"

Enjoy the holiday and dont worry about the electrics!

Not necessarily in France, so don't panic!

But if you fancy a change from France and wish to go a bit further on another trip - we have stayed at a couple of sites in Italy and Croatia and there has been only one giant electric point for everyone to plug their cables, taking about 16 hook ups, so sometimes its handy to carry an extra extension lead to reach the hook up, if we hadn't,  our usual lead we use would not have reached.  

Have a great time!