Hook up cable

[Brella]

Going to Europe for the first time in motorhome. Do we need an adapter for our hook up cable or are the connections 3 pins the same as UK.

 

[Boringfrog]

Mostly 3 pin but some can still be 2, I always take an adaptor.

 

[joka250]

It does seem to vary from site to site but a 2 pin adapter is essential in my opinion. Im sure some will disagree but for the sake of a few pounds its worth having.

 

[Zigisla]

The vast majority are the same as the UK. There will of course be some that require 2 pin, but you can buy the 2 pin euro adaptor.

 

[Boringfrog]

Adapter

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[Richard n Ann]

Adapter is essential. About 50% of the time you'll need it, possibly even higher in Spain.

 

[Brella]

The vast majority are the same as the UK. There will of course be some that require 2 pin, but you can buy the 2 pin euro adaptor.

Thanks. We will order one. ??

 

[Zigisla]

Thanks. We will order one. ??

We have the Euro adaptor and a UK 3 pin adaptor too. Weve found a few BritStops in the UK that will offer EHU, but it is from a 3 pin socket in their garden.

 

[WillH]

We have an adaptor but I think this is the first year we have never needed it in over thirty years of touring France. I'll still take it next time though.

 

[Richard n Ann]

We have an adaptor but I think this is the first year we have never needed it in over thirty years of touring France. I'll still take it next time though.

Must be a Spain thing then, I know I use ours a lot but we only pass through France to Spain ?

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[pete4x4]

Its strange isnt it, in the 20 years Ive been going to Europe I think Ive only been able to hook up without an adaptor 4 times, I think it depends on the site your going to.
Definitely take a two pin adapter.

 

[Bernie P]

This year in Brittany we didn't use our adaptor at all. Last year in the BeNeLux area we used it virtually every time

 

[Brella]

Just bought 1, thanks everyone.

 

[ctc]

Depends on how much power you are going to use, play safe and wire a two pin euro plug to a short lead with a cee socket. Much more reliable and probably safer. If you are going to use aires buy a cee splitter (1 male to 2 female) every Frenchman, and me, seem to carry one.

 

[Brella]

We are defiantly using Aires travelling through France, Spain and Portugal so I will look into that. Thanks.

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[Richard n Ann]

We are defiantly using Aires travelling through France, Spain and Portugal so I will look into that. Thanks.

I've seen the wiring in Aires so don't bother connecting, we can manage perfectly OK on solar though, it's great to be independent.

 

[keithchesterfield2]

We've used the Aires for the last 17 days and used hook up once.

A Solar panel, a couple of leisure batteries and a refillable gas system and the World is your lobster.

 

[Brella]

We've used the Aires for the last 17 days and used hook up once.

A Solar panel, a couple of leisure batteries and a refillable gas system and the World is your lobster.

We also have a solar panal, 2 batteries and gaslow.

 

[autorouter]

Going to Europe for the first time in motorhome. Do we need an adapter for our hook up cable or are the connections 3 pins the same as UK.

By an adapter I presume you mean a '2-pin' European plug, a short bit of cable, and a blue 3-pin socket. As in Zigisla's link. That's what you need.

It's possible to buy an all-in-one-piece adapter that plugs into a European socket. However they are often no use, because the connection box often has a door that's supposed to close to keep out the weather. The one-piece adapters stop the door closing, so you can't use them.