The lure of ehu

Oh dear you have had a bad experience which has understandably left you rather nervous. I, or should it be we,have used gas all our married lives in houses, tents, caravans, and now our motor-home. Gas appliances have flame failure devices for safety, and gas has an added artificial smell to alert you to leaks, we also have a smoke alarm and a carbon monoxide detector. We have never ever had a problem, and I see gas as a safe fuel choice if appliances are checked regularly. I did see the suggestion that new houses could be built gas free.. I wouldn't want to live in an all electric house, I think to some extent they are clutching at straws with the environment thing, but we digress from the thread.

What I find amusing is that some folk think it will lead to cost reductions in the pitch price. Although this will be the case in the short term, it won't be long before they sneak back up to the same level, plus electric on top

Hopefully competition would keep that in check, in anycase it is a fairer way of charging.

peedee

My favourite pitch when on route west. It wasn't provided by the Club, the racecourse owners provided it for the outside broadcast vehicle to use on race days. The other non EHU pitches there are the worst on the site.

peedee

Sorry, for some reason the quote didn't appear on the above post. I was of course refering to the non EHU pitches at Exetet Racecourse.

peedee

I was hoping to find a cost comparison between "smart meter" equipment and otherwise identical equipment without.  Nothing lasts for ever, and as internals, bollards and such like become time expired it may well be just as costly to "go smart" as not. In fact, some of the Caravan Club sites may already be fitted with meters that are not being used and we as the members are not being told about.

With the number of units required by The Caravan Club (and whatever buying cartel exists with the Camping and Caravanning Club) there will be a huge reduction from any published price anyway for whatever unit they choose. In fact, it could well be considered bad practice to install new equipment (as new build or time expired replacement) that was NOT metered.

Back in 2008 the BHPA published the cost of card meters as being between £125 - £200 per pitch. The actual cost depended on how many pitches were being converted. £125 was the cost for a 40 pitch site. I don't know how much a smart metering system would be but I cannot imagine it to be much more given the way prices of electronic items fall over the years.  However, for the Club to do every pitch on its network would still clearly be costly.

peedee

The annual costs to test the EHUs on the club network will, even on a national contract  be costly, add on the cost of calibrating meters will just "assist"pushing site fees higher

Maintenance is carried out annually now so the cost isn't going to be that much more if anything.  So how much higher do you think site cost would be JVB and what do you base your estimate on?

peedee

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But 200+ sites with an average of 100 pitches (too high?) per site, that's about 20000 bollards, now at say £20 per bollard (too low?) that is £400,000.

Corners, the last time I looked club sites didn't have 1 bollard per pitch. On average about 3 pitches per bollard so I think your guesstimate should be reduced by 66%.