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Is it that it hasn't got any 12v or is it that it hasn't got a battery or charger? A lot of foreign caravans have 12v but run from a 240/12v transformer.

Saxo1

Saxo and Tentz are correct - there is a 12v circuit for pumps and some lights - powered via transformers.

At least once a year I stay on a site where there is no EHU, so I fitted a leisure battery.  I wired it through a switch so that the 12v circuit(s) are powered either by the transformers OR from the battery.  When on the battery, I lose some of the lights (240v) and the water heater, but it's no problem to heat a kettle on the gas ring.  So the cost was only for the battery, a switch and a couple of metres of wire (and a couple of hours work!).

When I installed a mover on the 'van, I also fitted an intelligent charger.

Del

I agree about the shower - the hot water tank is not very big, but I very rarely use the shower anyway, and havn't in any 'van I've owned.  It's my view that by the time you have replenished the water and emptied the waste after a shower, on a hot day you need another shower anyway.  Easier to use the on-site facilities.

I think £500 to install a battery is very OTT - you can get a battery for £60-70, an intelligent charger for £50 (I actually bought a c-tek for IIRC £70) and a few quid for a switch and cable. But it is the same for everything - if you need a dealer to fit everything from a tow-hitch to a mover, you will pay through the nose.

Del