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David 

Why not a smart metre system, linked to an App and account. On arrival at the pitch you would scan a QR code on the meter, which would turn it on and start charging to your account. On leaving you would delete it. Payment of account by DD on a monthly basis. For the decreasing minority without smart phones, there could be provision to arrange meter switch on / payment at reception. Although this of corse would take longer.

Agreed. Ive just left a site in Spain that monitors and manages customers' electric usage from the office.

recently, I've added more solar to my van and for six weeks, despite having the mains plugged in, have not needed the battery charger turned on, relying solely on solar for water pump, electrical device charging, tv and even recharging our bike batteries.

My investment was primarily to allow us to make use of THS sites, where there is no EHU, and still manage to charge the bikes....re sunshine, this winter break in Spain has been a good test of what we will be doing in the uk in summer with its longer hours of sunshine.

now, should I make use of this system and reduce my usage on a CC site?

no problem if my cost are lowered, but why should i if the club are actually going to charge me even more?

as many have mentioned, the club needs to invest to keep costs down. Not only offering non-EHU options but using solar to reduce office and facilities costs.

with sites like Hillhead at around £52 a night for a serviced pitch, another £2.50 a night seems to be taking the proverbial.

Welcome to the charming world of ‘hairshirt camping’, remember-if you ain’t shivering you ain’t enjoying👍🏻👏🏻

Just received the following in an email from the club😂😂

Hello Stephen

Congratulations! You’ve now spent five nights or more at the Club which means you’ve saved the cost of your membership. Who knew saving money could be so much fun?

"As I pay the asking price"....

nere in a nutshell is the situation we have on CC sites....I've paid for it therefore I'll use it....usage goes up, costs rise, prices to match...

and here we are, with prices soaring....

what do we get....I've paid (more) for it so I'll use (more of) it...😉

that should sort it.

but any suggestion of getting control of this spiral is Pooh poohed by 'unrecoverable costs', even though total usage would fall dramatically, either by folk being reined in by metering or opting out of usage completely...

Rome is certainly burning, with André Reiu at the helm😉

Hi David, Your photo made me smile as it reminded me of my first trip abroad with a caravan.

As i was setting up a guy on the next pitch approached and asked me if I would like a 'larger' fuse. The site limited supply, as you say, by way of the fuse supplied and, he had a supply of higher capacity fuses-he was an electrician-and I think it may even be in a cupboard somewhere still.

I thanked him but did not use it, or need to. We have also managed on sites with 6 amp, Bella Italia being one, and after the nuisance of having to get to the bollard you soon remember to control, you usage.

We have stayed on a site in Devon where;

"Electric hook-up is paid for via a pre-paid card system at certain times of the year. These will be available in 10, 50 and 100-kilowatt increments. There will be no refunds for part-credit on these cards."

We paid for the lowest priced one but found one already in the meter which lasted all of our stay.

Oh, and on the heating overnight my van and home have the incredible ability to vary when the heating comes on and how high it is, we just use that and it never occurred that wasn't what others do.

WTG, a simple way of managing this would be to connect to EHU but to turn the van's battery charger off.

you now have the situation where the 12v system is supported by solar only and can be used for water pump, heating fan (if reqd), charging iPads, phones etc, running tv etc...no mains involved at all. We even charge our Ebike batteries from 12v via an inverter.

however, with the mains plugged in, if desired you could (say) boil a kettle, run a hairdryer, both short term usage items.

at least like this, all the 12v usage would be coming from sunshine and not from the bollard.

if that bollard were metered, you'd see a significant reduction in usage.

If one has even a simple solar system, there really no need to (say) plug an iPad charger into the mains...when it can be done for free from a solar powered 12v socket.

You quote of my statement was rather selective BB. It was in full….

“As I pay the asking price I’m fairly sure I am paying for my electricity usage not you SB.”

Nothing there about I have paid for it so I’ll use it to the max and get all 16 amps 24/7.😉

but you are also taking things a little out of context .... when Bill says that he's paying for your electric, he wasn't being literal, it was obvious that he meant that we all pay more if you use more. Not picking you out specifically, but there will always be those that will want to use ALL of their share (plus a little bit extra) .... just like if there's a 'free bar' at a party/wedding/etc, there will always be someone that makes sure they get their fair share (plus a bit extra)