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Power hookups at sites

  • 14-04-2008 3:12pm
    #1
    deadl0ck
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    Hi all,
    Just a quick question about hookups at camping sites :
    Do you have to have you own power cable to attach to the hookup at a camping site, or is the power cable usually supplied ?

    We have a power cable to attach to the camper but with a standard 3-pin on one end so we can charge it at home.

    Just wondering if I need to buy one...


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  • #2
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    just buy (or make) an adapter ...3 pin socket one end, CE Plug the other.

    Or better even, put a proper CE plug on your existing cable and make a 3 pin adapter for use at home.

    That way you won't have to use a 3 pin socket outside (which it isn't really designed for)


  • #3
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,196 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Good call - thanks for the advice


  • #4
    sandyg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭sandyg


    Just make sure that you are generous with your extension lead as some connections at camp sites can be far away from pitch!:D


  • #5
    bido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭bido


    You can buy one from Charles Camping in Blessington

    Bido:D


  • #6
    *Kol*
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    sandyg wrote: »
    Just make sure that you are generous with your extension lead as some connections at camp sites can be far away from pitch!:D

    How generous is generous?? I bought 10m of cable and the two sockets and made up the cable myself. Is that long enough?


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  • #7
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    only if you park in the right spot :D

    When I still used to frequent campsites, I carried a cable drum and two short adapter cables for either end.
    More often than not I'd need most of the drums lenght.


  • #8
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,196 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Was gonna go for around 25m myself.
    Mate of mine reckons he can get good heavy duty cable (Arctic cable) for a good price for me, and I'll fit the plugs myself.


  • #9
    loobylou
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    I would'nt bother with that heavy duty cable, I use it in work and it gets very stiff and difficult to coil. Standard cable is fine, it can even take being occasionally driven over. Also, I read somewhere else of someone who made up 2 lengths, one 10m and the other 15m. Most times one or the other was sufficient, very occasionally he had to join them together.


  • #10
    KoNiT
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    reel of cable + high load = fire...


  • #11
    loobylou
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    Its always best practice to unroll the whole drum to prevent overheating, even when you only need a short length.


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  • #12
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    KoNiT wrote: »
    reel of cable + high load = fire...

    What heavy load?

    Im not the one with half of Currys showroom in the van :D:D:D


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