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Funster
Not trying to resurrect old 'discussions' but never having owned even a caravan with a leccy hook up for the UK (battery lights, if we wanted anything else it would have been 12v) no boiler no electric flush etc etc and I have to say I dunno whether I'm on me arse or me elbow. So please could you just answer Yes or No and be kind and try not to ask me questions or offer hypotheses.!
The motorhome is a 2008 but we will be the first owners, we are purchasing same from the dealer. Never raced or rallied AFAIK on a Fiat 130 (and no comments bout that either Ta!!!) and with an 09 registration no.
1. Is it safe to assume that Swift and/or Fiat will have put the latest whatever it is wherever it goes, ie what they sent out of the factory in 2008, and assuming no tampering, will be electrically safe here and sur le Continong?
(Yes we have already got a polarity tester doodah and a UK to euro adaptor)
2. If I wanted a kettle or whatever in the van - would it just be easier/safer to get one in the local hypermarche wherever we go in France? - and keep it separate for abroad?
(than bothering to travel several miles in the wrong direction here and use me ancient £10 Argoos voucher I keep forgetting about before we go)
(and which is unlikely anyway as I have several normal 'goes on the gas' ones already in my possession which I have boiled water in on many occasions prior to now LOL)
3. Is the 25m limit on leccy leads only UK and not applic in eg France?
(Can soon get an extension lead and would prefer to take one anyway as eg the campsite we just stayed on would hire you a longer lead or sell you one, 2 choices, 30m or 40m, and these would have been necessary on some of their sites - loads a space and apparently plenty of hook ups for all, as long as at least some of you had a longer lead !)
4. a) Is the gizmo which properly protects the joint in aforesaid extended cable from the pleut/neige etc and which it sounds like we ought to have, easily available at a "camping etc shop near me" here in UK?
b) Does it have a proper name or do I ask for one of them thingies that ....?
c) i) Cheap? - or
ii) cheaper in France?
(you are allowed to use longer words for these last answers, but only if necessary, OK?)
TIA chaps and chapesses
Jenny
The motorhome is a 2008 but we will be the first owners, we are purchasing same from the dealer. Never raced or rallied AFAIK on a Fiat 130 (and no comments bout that either Ta!!!) and with an 09 registration no.
1. Is it safe to assume that Swift and/or Fiat will have put the latest whatever it is wherever it goes, ie what they sent out of the factory in 2008, and assuming no tampering, will be electrically safe here and sur le Continong?
(Yes we have already got a polarity tester doodah and a UK to euro adaptor)
2. If I wanted a kettle or whatever in the van - would it just be easier/safer to get one in the local hypermarche wherever we go in France? - and keep it separate for abroad?
(than bothering to travel several miles in the wrong direction here and use me ancient £10 Argoos voucher I keep forgetting about before we go)
(and which is unlikely anyway as I have several normal 'goes on the gas' ones already in my possession which I have boiled water in on many occasions prior to now LOL)
3. Is the 25m limit on leccy leads only UK and not applic in eg France?
(Can soon get an extension lead and would prefer to take one anyway as eg the campsite we just stayed on would hire you a longer lead or sell you one, 2 choices, 30m or 40m, and these would have been necessary on some of their sites - loads a space and apparently plenty of hook ups for all, as long as at least some of you had a longer lead !)
4. a) Is the gizmo which properly protects the joint in aforesaid extended cable from the pleut/neige etc and which it sounds like we ought to have, easily available at a "camping etc shop near me" here in UK?
b) Does it have a proper name or do I ask for one of them thingies that ....?
c) i) Cheap? - or
ii) cheaper in France?
(you are allowed to use longer words for these last answers, but only if necessary, OK?)
TIA chaps and chapesses
Jenny