Length of hook up cable

Posted on 13/08/2023 21:20 by eurortraveller

That might be the stuff we saw most Italians using - flexible, black, rubber coated, on wind up reels , and looked as though they bought it at their version of Wilko - but they knew it was too flimsy to lay it across dirt roadways for cars to drive across over.

We arrived at Spotorno one evening when the site was clearly full, but of course Italian sites never are actually full, so they welcomed us in. Rather than lay cables (or flex) across the dirt road the locals had put them up into trees at one side of the roadway, over and across, and back down a tree at the other side. They were high enough to walk under and even high enough to drive a car under, But we rolled in with a caravan - so everyone turned out and unplugged and climbed trees and dismantled cables to let us through.

No problem at all. No bad temper. No stress. No rules.

 

 

Posted on 13/08/2023 21:38 by LLM

Flex is the description that fits what we often refer to as cable, the orange umbilical 😉.  Cable is the stuff we normally see used in domestic and commercial wiring, the stuff with a solid copper core rather than the wound copper strands of flex.    

Posted on 13/08/2023 18:59 by SteveL

When we recently visited a site particular mention was made of make sure you fully unwind your EHU cable. I also noticed the review and wondered if not being fully unwound might have been the reason for them being unplugged. In effect they would not have been full length as some was still on the reel.

We carry both a 10 metre and 25 metre. Both are properly made up cables and I can see no reason why the 10 metre should not be permissible. It is particularly useful on service pitches where it is often only about 6 metres to the bollard, much better than having 25 metres zig zagged across the pitch.

Posted on 17/08/2023 12:45 by Amesford

The coil can act as a inductor and induce a high current and can melt the insulation,  the club used to have pictures around their sites of a burnt out  coiled up hook cable. 

Posted on 17/08/2023 12:53 by SteveL

They still do have the pictures, generally in the toilet block. We have always fully unwound ours and where possible used our short 10 metre cable. However, the very fact it was highlighted at check in suggests not unwinding fully is an issue.

Posted on 17/08/2023 13:03 by Cornersteady

Yes saw those, are they new this year? Very gruesome!

We always do and the advice was there when we started but certainly that picture would make you want to unwind it fully if you are not in the habit.

 

Posted on 17/08/2023 14:04 by Lutz

Maybe wardens are a bit more lenient towards foreign visitors because I've never had any problems at any of the sites that I've stayed at in the UK. I have a 25m cable but it has a Continental 2 pin plug at the end so I need a separate adapter cable for a blue three pin connection. Nobody has ever raised any objections.

Posted on 17/08/2023 12:45 by Amesford

The coil can act as a inductor and induce a high current and can melt the insulation,  the club used to have pictures around their sites of a burnt out  coiled up hook up cable

Posted on 17/08/2023 17:14

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Like this?  The idiot that had this had tucked it under his van all nice and tidy 🙄.

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