Confusion over electricity supply

We have found recently on sites that large screen tvs are quite common ,you can watch your neigbours tv and have yours on a different channel

I hope you have lots of lovely times in your new caravan.

As everyone has already said there's no need for a specific "low wattage" TV as all new TVs are pretty low wattage anyway and as you'll probably want a 19" or similar they're not going to be using much power. Obviously if you go over the top with a 50" TV in a caravan then you might have to move the walls a bit and probably not have the heating on at the same time 🙂

I tend to use relatively cheap ASDA (Polaroid) TV's as some of them are able to be run from 12 volt batteries with an adapter rather than just the mains electricity, handy if you like camping away from electrical hookup (EHU). Sometimes you can get an ex-display one for even less money.

Something to keep in mind is to protect the screen if you're storing the TV in a cabinet when driving as they're sensitive to scratches or impacts.

You can pick up "low wattage" kettles and toasters from ASDA as well, they're in the "Smart price" range for students.

The general rule for being on mains electrical hookup is to only use one high power item at a time, so if you want to use the microwave - switch off the fan heater, if you want to boil a kettle - wait for the microwave to finish etc.

All the very best with your adventures.

Hello and welcome to CT and our hobby. 

Good advice on here so far. We have cheap domestic TV with built in DVD worked well for 10 years. We always use a travel kettle and have a gas one for 'mobile' cuppas or when we are on low amp or non EHU, goi8d thread running on here on the latter.

You can buy low wattage items cheaper from non caravan shops 😉.

Best advice is take yourselves off fairly close to home for a couple of nights to familiarise yourselves, close to home so if you've forgotten something you can nip back for it if you can't live without it 😃. Don't buy too much too soon we all have shelves of things that looked brilliantly useful but weren't necessary 😂😂😂.   Plenty of advice on here, often different proving that there isn't one method of doing things.

Thank you everyone for your advice.  We shall be using ordinary televisions (small ones) and buying a whistle kettle.  I shall just be careful how many things I use at once.  I suppose I will learn as I go along, just try not to trip the electric too many times.  I am sure that I will be soon asking something else.  Seems that you have a lovely community on here.

Thanks for coming back Christine, it doesn't always happen

If you're on a club site the wardens and fellow campers are always happy to help I've found

Just be aware that your water/space heater/fridge all work in the background on thermostats and can, on occasions all automatically click in at the same time. Now if you have you're TV on and then fancy a cuppa this may, according to the supply, be enough to 'trip that switch'! We always keep the heating on lowest output setting to help this.

Just  one  thing,  Christine56  --  when  you  go  to pick  up

Your  Caravan  try  talking  the  Salesperson ( !!)  into  adding

a  Deal  Clinching  Gift,  of  E H U Cable,  Caravan  entry  step

and / or  anything  else  --  remember  If  You  Don't  Ask   You

Won't  Get  ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,

When we bought our caravan I talked the salesman in giving us 10% of any purchase from the assesory shop for 12 months 

The cable and step should be part of the bits you get so make sure they are there. You should also get a discount card for their shop or alternatively a starter park at a discounted rate.

He gave us quite a lot with the van including a 10% discount in the shop.  The step and the cable are with it.  He even gave us a 50% discount on the groundsheet for the awning.  I like a bargain.  I think that is why I didn't want to go and get all new when I have it at home.