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A full battery should be enough for a weekend.   As you are on 12v then any 240v are out,  Gas kettle order of he day.   Keep an eye on your usage, the less you use he longer it lasts.

Once bitten by the rally bug then you will be looking for the longer stays, THSs and meets. Then you can start looking for recharging options. 

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Phillip,  get the right panel/panels and yes they are quiet, clean, easy to transport and do what they say on the box.  Yes bright sunshine will give you more power, but you always get one with more output than you need. That's  British weather for you

As tango said you can then look at other power saving methods such as LEDs

Yes for value for money and good company, meets rallies and THSs are the way to go.  Yes the Solar panels and LEDs were all paid for from the savings made.

All of our trips are on rallies now and lots of them are without facilities. We have lasted 4 nights on battery & gas with no problems. We don't watch much tv though.  I charge up our portable blu ray player and we tend to watch a film in the evening but during the day we're out walking or if its a good crowd on site and our daughter has friends to hang out with we can just sit and relax with books or just watch the world go by (there's always someone on their way to the tap or Elsan so lots of opportunities for a chat) so very little power needed. The fridge runs very well on gas and I've found the underseat lockers are good for keeping cans of pop/beer cool enough.

We will eventually change our light bulbs as and when they need replacing but we tend to only have one light on in the evening so don't use a lot of power. This year we invested in a solar panel as we wanted to have the tv on our halloween meet but we only looked at it on one evening because there was a party laid on.

So, everything you need is catered for in your caravan. Battery for water pump and lights, gas for fridge, cooking and heating. All you need to buy is kettle for the hob.

Have fun!!

Great times to be had

Meets - weekends

Rallies - week

Temporary Holiday Sites - up to 28 days

Of course you can stay less time if you want. Your not tied to a section so you have lots of options.

I agree with Cheryl.Mark. Its a long time since I went on a rally so things may have changed but meeting round the flag to get our daily instructions was not for me. I spent many teenage and later years in the Sea Cadets and realy enjoyed that sort of thing then but you knew the Navy rules when you joined. I managed three rallies with different groups and they were all the same sort of thing - very organised and you did not fit in if you did not want to take part.

Regarding Gas and Electric - in summer we get over 2 weeks out of a 6kg cylinder, this time of year we get 5 nights but we like to be warm.  A battery (110Ah) in summer soed not go flat in 2 weeks and in winter we get over 1 week out of it.

Everything depends on how much you use it!!