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07/4/2013 at 5:44pm
 Location: High Peak
 Outfit: Coachman VIP
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Hi All,
For reasons that I won't go into now, I need an external power source from my caravan at short notice. I haven't got time to fit one or have one installed so basically, I need an inlet for an extension lead, (I do have a waterproof box made for outside but it does have to be plugged in).
I have looked at feeding the cable up through the air vent at the side of the door mat but obviously, there's going to be cable across the carpet, or tape...
Can cables be fed through the window and would the window still close and be sealed?
I got a flat cable for the TV aerial which is designed for windows but are these available for extension leads etc?
As always, any advice would be gratefully received,

Cheers all,

Andy

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07/4/2013 at 6:27pm
 Location: Glasgow
 Outfit: Elddis Avante 454
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You can get a Y splitter that would fit onto the power inlet socket. That would give you an external 16 amp socket that is not protected by your caravan's RCCB or MCB but could feed to a proper RCCB unit.
In my caravan I have a 13amp socket in one of the external boxes. It should be easy to fit one next to the input and that could be protected by the caravan unit

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We had 127 nights away in the caravan in 2023.


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