6 Amp Hook up's.....

mark e · 23-03-2008, 07:12 PM

6 Amp Hook up's.....is this the norm ?
Electric hookup tripped off 3 times since hooking up

I only had a 700w rad, tv and digi box and a 2.2kw kettle on

I asked the maintanance man what AMP's the touring field was.....6 amps

£20 a night for 6amp's, no wonder why people are wildcamping with solar and genny's.

Does'nt sound a lot though does it by the time you put you'r gadgets on.......

dylan · 23-03-2008, 07:19 PM

4 big RVs, 2 caravans, one small motorhome here this weekend and we are chuffed no trips as yet (she said with fingers crossed) - 16amp on site.

mark e · 23-03-2008, 07:31 PM

Yes Dylan been to your place, very nice, flying visit though sorry, when you had the first FUN meet. 16 Amps seems very generous in my opinion, as i got talking to the site worker and he said a lot of campsites are downing the AMP's from 16 to 6

Next time i go somwhere i will be asking how many they do, then compare the price

moandick · 23-03-2008, 07:35 PM

Hi Mark

I do sympathise with your situation and I am not an electrician BUT I think you answered your own question.........

A 2.2 kw Kettle is going to pull at least 8 amps when working normally plus a bit more when initially switched on. Add the 700w fire which equates to another 3 amps plus your battery charger, fridge and hot water system working away quietly in the background etc., etc., etc and you are probably well over the top of a 6 amp supply.

Having said that where are you? £20 per night to include a 6 amp supply is one place I don't want to be - unless it is on the Mediteranean coast in Spain!

mark e · 23-03-2008, 07:40 PM

moandick, see thread "freezing weekend".

Yes now you add all those up.... i suppose

dylan · 23-03-2008, 08:11 PM

Hi Mark yes I do remember you popping by, well this site is not changing to 6amp we think we have got it right with the 16amp as the electrician said better to be over than under and it still hasn't tripped and as you say it has been bloomin freezing !

RichardnGill · 24-03-2008, 08:36 PM

We are o Brownhills over night at Newark tonight and we have tripped the EHU out. we have had to put the heating on the the electric 1 setting and use gas as well.

Not to much of a problem as its free here but we have in the past been able to run everything here no problem, mabey they have set the trips lowers to save cash.

we were on a CL last night at £7.50 a night and had no problems.

Roll on the summer when we dont need heating.

Richard...

Road Runner · 24-03-2008, 08:40 PM

Mark did you have you 240 volt water heater on.

There are so many combinations that will trip most site poles.

Kettles, room heaters, microwave, water heaters and so on

mark e · 24-03-2008, 08:59 PM

No, i didnt use the water heater either.

JayDee · 27-03-2008, 10:49 PM

Easily done if you haven't been warned.
You draw at least 4 amps for each kilowatt (1000 watts) you have running, then you need to allow a bit more 'just to be sure'. Some places I've been don't allow you access to reset the switch and I've been on some places in the past where tripping the switch took other people out as well - how popular would that make you.

But that's probably illegal now (in UK anyway - someone'll tell me if I'm wrong

).

Of course the extra 10 amps allows the customer to use another 2.5kWatts which is probably in the order of 25 pence an hour per pitch. Soon mounts up, and cutting back to 6amps is a 'backdoor' way of making savings that a lot of people wouldn't notice.

I think I agree that for that rate per night I would expect 16amps on my hook-up.

It's worth asking before you stump up the cash.

John