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We were on a CL site a couple of weeks ago and next door had a 4kw fire on in the awning (the type from pound stretcher) with the flap/door open to regulate the heat

This is why sites are charging extra with a lot of sites changing the MCB,s to 10 amp rather than 16

Another one we know has fitted meters and the minimum card price is a fiver this was brought about by having workers caravans on site and them using baby belling type cookers and electric heaters etc..

Quote: Originally posted by emmitdb on 28/8/2013

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Greetings,

This is one subject, from which one can identify from where the laughingly called "Clubs" stand on this matter.

Both the Caravan Club and the Camping and Caravan Club circumvent the present regulation re the forward selling of electricity by charging a 'Service' fee for using a pitch with electric hook up. Neither 'Club' is in any hurry to install meters on their pitches. I wonder why?
The reason is of course that they both make (as do every other owner of sites) from the charging of 'fees' for the use of the connection.
The last time I visited a metered site I paid less than a £ a day for my usage. With a metered site there would be no 4Kw fires in the awnings because everyone would have to pay their fair share.
Keithandwend above makes a point when he(she) states that there is a ROI period of between 5-8 yrs. Looking at it through an accountant's eyes, this may be true but, just as your house price would rise immediately if one was to install 'extras'(think Conservatory, landscaped gardens.etc) so would the value of the campsite so although in hard cash terms it may be correct to say there would be a period of recouping the money,it doesn't actually work out that way.
All sites require to have their electricity supply checked annually. If it were to be made law (via a regulation) that in a certain period say the next 5-8 yrs, all sites reselling electricity had to have their pitches metered we would then see the mindset of the two 'Clubs' who are for me no more 'Clubs' than vast International Travel Organisations who regard their 'members' as a committed pool of potential customers.

Rant over. I'm off to Trago

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