Posted on 16/02/2017 14:43
We put a deposit on our first caravan today. We were told by the salesman that we need to buy low wattage televisions. We looked in the shop and they were pricey. Can I use electrical items such as television, kettle and slow cooker from home. I would value some advice on this. Looks very confusing and expensive.
Posted on 25/02/2017 17:03
One of our pans has got a pouring lip in the rim so that would solve the hot water bottle problem. Thinking about it we bought a new gas kettle in our last couple of years camping, when we could not always get a hook up. It has just traveled with us ever since.
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Posted on 16/02/2017 15:04 by DougSCare between low Wattage (i.e. Watts, Power) and low voltage (i.e. 240V or 12V)
Caravan has 12V providing you have a leisure battery (recommended, usually not included in price?) and if you are connected to mains on site, 240V as well.
If site supply is 16A then domestic appliances including kettle (say 8A) etc can be used up to that current loading.
Anything heating uses a lot of power e.g. 2kW, 240V hairdryer would need 8A.
TV's are low power anyway and lots are natively 12V but have a power pack like a laptop to plug into 240V. So either standard (cheap) mains TVs can be used or more expensive custom "travel" TVs can also be bought (I wouldn't bother)
I'm sure other questions will be able to be answered also.
Christine56