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I know this is a really silly question, but it is one I would like to know the answer to before I go. As you are all lovely and very clever on here I thought you could help.

We are going to view/pick up a caravan tomorrow and would love to take it out for a short Weekend break.  We will be having EHU so is there any need to have a leisure battery as well?  Can everything be powered from EHU? 

I am very new to caravans!!!

when we bought our van we werent going to invest in a battery because we thought everything would work off the electric - its a good job we listened to advice and bought one because our water pump works off the battery (as we found out last month on our big holiday when our battery went flat). Saying that our van is a 1990 so things may have changed depending on the age of your van as michael stated.

Monica

Quote: Originally posted by scanky on 10/9/2009

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I know this is a really silly question, but it is one I would like to know the answer to before I go. As you are all lovely and very clever on here I thought you could help.

We are going to view/pick up a caravan tomorrow and would love to take it out for a short Weekend break.  We will be having EHU so is there any need to have a leisure battery as well?  Can everything be powered from EHU? 

I am very new to caravans!!!

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 install a decent leisure battery,u will need one as the van charger is not! sufficent to supply all your 12v units.

 get a 110amh one,then it will last longer and on recycle charge will cope.

 atb and welcome to the best site

Also remember that Caravan Site Electricity is notorious for failing, especially in the evenings when sudden cold snaps have everyone turning on heaters and tellies for cosy nights in.

Without a good battery, you could be the only van on the site that is occupied but in total darkness!

Thanks for all your help, I knew you would be able to help . We have only been camping without EHU.  we only bought a trailer tent this year and have been unable to use it, we never thought in a million years that we would be possibly getting a caravan.  Sadly my neighbours wife passed away and he now is selling the caravan to us for next to nothing as all he wants is a family to use it. 

It is a sprite Musketeer not sure of the age yet.  We are all going to see it after school today.  I love the way we all get soooo excited, it like christmas come early . As my neighbour is a very honest, genuine older person I think it will be fine.  I'm not sure I would have bought one if I had to buy from someone else.  Now all I have to do is sit tight and sell my Baby, which is my raclet iris!!