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The most expensive charge I've seen is £5.00 for a night - which I find hard to justify!
Do you think so.. ?
Camp site pays about 15p per unit .. so it is quite easy in winter to use £5 .. that's about 33 units
in theory a camper could us 24 hrs x 3 kwh x 15p = £10.80
being more realistic.. 12 hrs at 3kw = 36kwh x 15p = £5.40 ..
Of course in summer the use is less.. the site owner hopes to break even on his leccy bill over the year..
A campsite cannot charge separately for electricity unless it is metered and charged at cost price...
What they can do is offer a choice of pitch with or without EHU .. hence the all inclusive pitch price..
Do you think so.. ?
Camp site pays about 15p per unit .. so it is quite easy in winter to use £5 .. that's about 33 units
in theory a camper could us 24 hrs x 3 kwh x 15p = £10.80
being more realistic.. 12 hrs at 3kw = 36kwh x 15p = £5.40 ..
Of course in summer the use is less.. the site owner hopes to break even on his leccy bill over the year..
A campsite cannot charge separately for electricity unless it is metered and charged at cost price...
What they can do is offer a choice of pitch with or without EHU .. hence the all inclusive pitch price..
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Would many motorhome users have a constant load of 1500watts over a 24 hour period? Are your sure that's realistic?
If a campsite makes it possible for a caravan or tent to turn up with halogen heaters and fan heaters to heat their awning/tent why should I be supplementing them? Camp site owners could change the MCB to a 6 amp (restricting the use to 1.3Kw) cut the price and save the environment. That's realistic.
Regardless £5.00 per night is opportunistic at best, but I'd call it something else.
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Isn't a metered EHU a fairer system for all?
The most expensive charge I've seen is £5.00 for a night - which I find hard to justify!
Despite the protestations I'll re-iterate... I find a charge of £5.00 for electricity hard to justify.
Administration / maintenance costs: as example 1
On average, 280 of the pitches are occupied for a 25 week season - 7000 "pitch
weeks".
Total expenditure on electricity (including standing charges) for the last year was
£16,500, of which £6,500 was for use in the club, offices etc.
Therefore, only £10,000 worth of electricity was effectively resold to tenants and
is subject to the maximum price rule. [HI]The remainder will be recovered separately
(e.g. through pitch fees).[/HI]
In order to set fees for the next season, the site operator decides to add a 2 per
cent inflation factor.
Maximum price for electricity:
£10,000 x 102% = £1.46 pw
7,000 "pitch weeks
Administration / maintenance costs: as example 1
Please note these examples are for guidance only and[HI] resellers should use
methodology that suits best as long as the Maximum Resale pass-through
rule is adhered to[/HI].
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Do you really think so. Our CL (5 vans) does not have electricery, the powers that be want £10,000 to install it. Now that will only be the supply, the EHU points will cost a lot extra but forgetting that and forgetting that people actually use leccy that I would be charged for then I need to get 2000 van nights paid just to cover the installation that would take around 10 years during which time I would also lose interest on the cash had it been left in the bank. So looked at realistically £5 is not such a rip off after all though few would choose to pay it. A motorhome is self contained and with the addition of a solar panel does not need to be reliant on an umbilical life support system. If you cannot do without all of the comforts of home then maybe touring and stopping at B&B's is the way to go. Or get an Rv with a huge built in Genny.The most expensive charge I've seen is £5.00 for a night - which I find hard to justify!
Please don't think you're paraphrasing me by using the words "Rip off" :Angry: I said I found £5 p/n hard to justify. I'm not Jeremy Vine!
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Would many motorhome users have a constant load of 1500watts over a 24 hour period? Are your sure that's realistic?
If a campsite makes it possible for a caravan or tent to turn up with halogen heaters and fan heaters to heat their awning/tent why should I be supplementing them? Camp site owners could change the MCB to a 6 amp (restricting the use to 1.3Kw) cut the price and save the environment. That's realistic.
Regardless £5.00 per night is opportunistic at best, but I'd call it something else.
You are forgetting the installation costs, maintenance of system, other fixed charges when running a campsite (rates, insurance, salaries, bank charges, maintenace of site, develpoment of site) and profit. You must also understand that for most of the year the site is running only part full.
These costs have to be added somewhere in the charges so some may be tacked onto the electrical charge.
If you are a professional worker are you main considerations, when pricing a job, just being fair to the punters? I think not.
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The problem is charge £5.00 or more and many would think,[HI] "I've paid for it, I'll use it". [/HI]
Charge less and an owner may make more profit :thumb:
in theory a camper could us 24 hrs x 3 kwh x 15p = £10.80
being more realistic.. 12 hrs at 3kw = 36kwh x 15p = £5.40 ..
Of course in summer the use is less.. the site owner hopes to break even on his leccy bill over the year..
Would many motorhome users have a constant load of 1500watts over a 24 hour period? Are your sure that's realistic?
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I suggest you all try "camping", might be a novel idea, but travelling around without being tethered to a 240v supply, might make a refreshing change.
It may even excercise the old grey matter, deciding which alternative you prefer, gas/solar/genny/alternator, then seeing how long you can last without "hooking up".
I find it amusing that car manufacturers are frantically finding ways to increase the distance electric cars can travel without their "hook up", but MH owners seem to be decreasing the distance, and complaining about the cost.
MAYBE, we could join forces, and use the same supply, then those motorhomers who cannot do without their "fix", can park in a town centre car park where leccy cars park.......luvverly.
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If people are compalining about the cost of leccy, they aint enjoying t much are they:thumb:
not many sites can run 3KW lucky if you get 16ampDo you think so.. ?
Camp site pays about 15p per unit .. so it is quite easy in winter to use £5 .. that's about 33 units
in theory a camper could us 24 hrs x 3 kwh x 15p = £10.80
being more realistic.. 12 hrs at 3kw = 36kwh x 15p = £5.40 ..
Of course in summer the use is less.. the site owner hopes to break even on his leccy bill over the year..
A campsite cannot charge separately for electricity unless it is metered and charged at cost price...
What they can do is offer a choice of pitch with or without EHU .. hence the all inclusive pitch price..
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