Confusion over electricity supply

Hi Christine,

You talked about getting a whistling kettle - presumably gas? I personally wouldn't bother unless you are going away from mains elec. We have two electric kettles (which in some ways is pointless) - one UK domestic and one low wattage for EU use - when/if the UK one packs up we'll use the low wattage only. Just takes a little longer to boil.

I would second that. If you are always on EHU, as we are, the gas kettle is a bit of a waste. We bought one 12 years ago when we started caravaning, in case of power cuts, and have used it about twice in hundreds and hundreds of site nights. Would stop taking it, but as we have it that might be tempting fate.😂

Advice from long time caravanners is carry both! Yes it may take up a tiny bit more space, but if there is an electrical problem on sites of any kind, you will not be without a hot drink. A small gas kettle is also useful when travelling, as you can brew up if stopping for a break. At this stage, you won't perhaps know what kind of sites, big Club type, or smaller Certificated Locations (CLs) you like best, but a gas kettle is always useful.

Have a lovely time with your new caravan!

I have suffered around 2.5 days without EHU power working for much of the day during the last 160 nights away. A small lidded saucepan worked fine. 

We too carry a gas kettle with the hope that it will never be required. 

Why bother with a second kettle if there  is a power cut use a saucepan

Ha ha, you are right of course, you can use a saucepan!

Good luck filling a hot water bottle with it though, when your electric heating goes off with your kettle. I keep forgetting, some of you are new to "adventure holidays".

Don't think that me or JVB are that new

If push came to that much shove and I was the user of an electric kettle and had to use a saucepan to heat water to fill a hottie - I would simply fill the electric kettle from the saucepan and then the hot water bottle from the kettle.   It is even too much for me the queen of clutter to have an electric kettle though so filling the hottie is easy.