Hook up Cable Length.

[BishBosh]

Looking at getting a new hook up cable and wondered what might be the best length as per title? I was thinking about the following options:
1. 2 x 10m
2. 1 x 25m
3. 1 x 10m plus 1 x 15m

 

[WillH]

I have carried 1 x 25m and 1 x 10m for over thirty years and have never been stuck. Get cables with glands on the plug and socket rather than sleeves and don't buy cheap cable, it doesn't last.

 

[JohnJan]

I go for 1*10m and 1*15m on the theory that if I can't get within 25 metres I'm probably parked badly!

 

[Two on Tour]

We use option 3 with the 10m being the most used.

 

[Bernie P]

Personally i'd go for a 25m which will cover all sites in the UK. an additional 10m cable would be useful if you plan to go to France etc as their power post can be anywhere.

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[Gellyneck]

Be careful if you go for 1 x 15m and 1x 10m as you'll need a waterproof joint if you require to go to 25m. In addition, a number of sites do not permit jointing. That's why we carry 25m and 10m cables.

 

[Richard n Ann]

We've only got a 25m one. Only once in 5 years (in Portugal) did we have to borrow a small extension from reception, we needed about 5 more metres. They must get a lot of people there asking for them.

Aires are a different matter and you'll probably need a longer one for them, we usually don't bother connecting.

PS. When we just had the caravan a 15m one was always OK for UK touring.

 

[autorouter]

I have a 10m and 25m cable, nice thick 2.5mm2. I find on 80% of pitches I can use the 10m one, and avoid unwinding the 25m one.

I also have a 25m cable of 1.5mm2, which I have used maybe three times in several years. If the electric is so bad you need over 50m of cable, then you'll never get the amps to worry about voltage drop.

If you join cables, be aware that the blue connectors are rainproof but not waterproof, so raise them off the ground out of puddles.

 

[DBK]

I've got my original 25m of 2.5mm cable for use in the UK and 25m and 10m coils of 1.5mm artic cable which I use in mainland Europe. Together they take up the same space as the 2.5mm cable and are much easier to handle.

 

[Badknee]

I carry 1x25, 1x10, 1x6 mtr cables plus a splitter for France. 300 moho’s on a 100 moho aire all wanting leccy ???

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[Speve]

Be careful if you go for 1 x 15m and 1x 10m as you'll need a waterproof joint if you require to go to 25m. In addition, a number of sites do not permit jointing. That's why we carry 25m and 10m cables.

Never come across that situation before in Uk or Europe ?

 

[keithchesterfield2]

Use a 10 metre cable almost everywhere in the UK but needed much longer (about 50 metres) on one Aire in France and I carry a couple of 25 metre cables somewhere in the MH garage just in case.

 

[Gellyneck]

Never come across that situation before in Uk or Europe ?

I have. Guy on pitch next to us (UK) was told to either enclose his cable joint in a waterproof connector box or use a single piece cable. He was about 20m from bollard and was using two part cable.

 

[autorouter]

I have. Guy on pitch next to us (UK) was told to either enclose his cable joint in a waterproof connector box or use a single piece cable. He was about 20m from bollard and was using two part cable.

Was the connection to the post enclosed in a waterproof box also? And was the connection into the MH permitted if it was exposed to the rain?

Obviously the person complaining had no knowledge of the Ingress Protection (IP) Standards. All blue connectors are IP44, which means protected against water spray from all directions. In other words, rainproof. But not hose-proof or immersion-proof.

 

[Gellyneck]

Was the connection to the post enclosed in a waterproof box also? And was the connection into the MH permitted if it was exposed to the rain?

Obviously the person complaining had no knowledge of the Ingress Protection (IP) Standards. All blue connectors are IP44, which means protected against water spray from all directions. In other words, rainproof. But not hose-proof or immersion-proof.

However does an IP44 connection lying on the ground with the potential to become immersed in water meet the IP Standards? Obviously, the bollard and motorhome connections being raised off the ground wouldn't be subject to immersion.

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[autorouter]

However does an IP44 connection lying on the ground with the potential to become immersed in water meet the IP Standards? Obviously, the bollard and motorhome connections being raised off the ground wouldn't be subject to immersion.

So, hang it on a hedge/tree, put it on a brick/upturned bucket to raise it off the ground. Even make a dedicated support out of a stick, to make a connector hanger-upper, to use a technical term. No reason to insist on a waterproof box.

 

[Gellyneck]

So, hang it on a hedge/tree, put it on a brick/upturned bucket to raise it off the ground. Even make a dedicated support out of a stick, to make a connector hanger-upper, to use a technical term. No reason to insist on a waterproof box.

Or get a waterproof connection box to make a proper job of it and significantly reduce the potential of a trip hazard and the potential for the connection to get knocked off a cobbled together solution.

 

[Lenny HB]

I don't use EHU much but carry a 25m & 15m, just made to the bollard a few times and quite often nowhere near long enough.
Standard Continental lead appears to be 50m.

 

[Vic. Parsons.]

I carry 2 x 25m cables. It's not often I use both but it has come in handy once or twice.

 

[SpeedyDux]

Lately I had to use the 25m one several times because the 10m one was a bit too short to reach the bollard. I must get a 15m cable.

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[BishBosh]

Wow! Quite a diverse selection there, many thanks.
In view of all these comments I’ll probably get a 10m and 25m cable. ?

 

[BishBosh]

Now having looked into things a lot more I’ve bought a 14m blue cable to use as a short /quick deployment and unwind method. I’ll be at the NEC show on the 17th and will see if there are any bargains to be had there for a longer 25m one. My reason behind the blue cable is that it is more flexible when ? cold.

 

[keithchesterfield2]

I’ll be at the NEC show on the 17th and will see if there are any bargains to be had there for a longer 25m one. My reason behind the blue cable is that it is more flexible when ? cold.

I don't think there are many bargains at the NEC - there certainly weren't when I last went there.

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[Lorryman100]

We carry a 1.5mmx10m and a 2.5mmx25m both made up from blue cable and decent sockets with glands. Never had to connect the 2 to reach a bollard but if that was ever required I probably wouldn’t bother as the MoHo is pretty much power self sufficient and everything we use can be 12v only.

 

[Off da Grid]

10 and 25m. Not good practice to join cables for extra length.
Some sites require the cable to be orange so you can see it easily.
Especially when they decide to cut the grass around your pitch.

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[keithchesterfield2]

We are on an Aire tonight and some of the cables must be 50 metres or more - and most have a 'splitter' attached.

'Elf and safety ?

Love France.

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[HandyAndy]

Uhh just get one long one and throw the unused section under the van if you don't need it.
uncoiled obviously.. Why on earth would you want to mess about with different length cables.

 

[busby]

Never come across that situation before in Uk or Europe ?

Same here,never in 40 odd years.BUSBY.

 

[Speve]

10 and 25m. Not good practice to join cables for extra length.
Some sites require the cable to be orange so you can see it easily.
Especially when they decide to cut the grass around your pitch.

Same here,never in 40 odd years.BUSBY.

never been told to use an Orange cable either?