mains electric

mains electric

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mongoose

Original Poster:

4,360 posts

262 months

Thursday 8th May 2003
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is my chain being pulled ,or is it true that mains electric is available on some campsite pitches?if so which ones?whats the cost involved? sorry to seem a complete naieve numpty,but ive never camped or been to le-mans before,so its all new to me.it just sounded too good to be true.thanks -mv

raceboy

13,274 posts

287 months

Thursday 8th May 2003
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Only on Houx as far as I know, and no extra cost

Graham

16,369 posts

291 months

Thursday 8th May 2003
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we blagged some at expo last year

mongoose

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4,360 posts

262 months

Thursday 8th May 2003
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just one more point if i may? are the sockets for the power the same as our normal 3 pin mains,or are they through a caravan type adaptor or something?-cheers,mv

dontlift

9,396 posts

265 months

Thursday 8th May 2003
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mongoose said: just one more point if i may? are the sockets for the power the same as our normal 3 pin mains,or are they through a caravan type adaptor or something?-cheers,mv


French 3 pin plugs

Graham

16,369 posts

291 months

Friday 9th May 2003
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the ones at expo were the standard camping 3 pin thingy

raceboy

13,274 posts

287 months

Friday 9th May 2003
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dontlift said:French 3 pin plugs


I thought they were 2 pin
Someone must know the definitive answer before I go out and buy the wrong adaptor

mongoose

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4,360 posts

262 months

Saturday 10th May 2003
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ok,so it looks like there 3 pin,but is french 3 pin and standard camping 3 pin the same?im starting to get confused here,anyone got a piccie of what sort of adaptor i need to buy please?can they be bought easily from halfords or do i need to go elsewhere? we have a two pin travel adaptor but thats all,so i need to get something quick but havent a clue where to start.-thanks again-mv

jpchenet

84 posts

259 months

Monday 12th May 2003
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The ones at Expo last year were like a standard French socket, thats two circular holes for your plug to go into PLUS one male pin which goes into the female recess on you plug (how sad do I feel that I know that) They are certainly not guaranteed though. The only sites with guaranteed electric are Camping Houx and Airtrack's VIP camping field.

Also, the ones at Expo were basically taken from a pylon and consisted of many many splitters/adapters etc. They therefore will not reach all areas of the campsite. We got a couple of 20 meter extension cables to run it down to our "pitch" and then put a 4 way power surge protected UK extionsion into that (only one foreign adapter then required for four UK appliances