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ours trips IF we have the water heater on,tv on,fridge on,light on,and we try to boil a kettle.it did not do it when we had a low wattage kettle so this means its the kettle doing it.i do not mind as i means i do not have to go for the warden when the post trips out.so to boil the kettle turn off the water heater.failing this call get an electrician to check it.

the only silly question is the one you do not ask.

Sounds like you are drawing too many amps. When ever you visit a site always ask them what ampage is available form a hook up. CC sites have 16Amp but many private sites will only give you around 10amps. The caravan is like an extension socket at home. On such an extension all you can run off that are appliances which use no more than 13 amps. So with a caravan the most you can operate at the same time will be appliances which add up to the total amperage allowed from the hook up.

Tripping mostly occurs on 10 amp supplies. Tele on and then you put the heater on the top wattage rating and everything goes out. Keep a note of the amps used by your appliances and never have more than the maximum allowed by the hook up. A little tip - Try using a kettle on the gas cooker so that you use no amps when boiling a kettle; Note that the microwave will use more amps when starting up so you may need to switch something off to use that. The heater has probably got a number of settings. Tthe lowest, maybe 500watts, is for when you are on a 10 amp site.

If its not the ampage that is causing the problem then maybe you have a problem with your main control board (what we would call a fuse box in the house. ). Have that checked out. As you have an old van did it come with an electrical certificate?

Phil

Or get a kettle for the gas stove?