The lure of ehu

But your estimated cost was worked out on a "per bollard" basis not per electric connection so I was assuming you were talking a lot of bollards!

you've got the wrong end of the stick, M....its just the 'all you can eat' mentality...and I was confessing to a little of that..

when the leccy is all inclusive, it's easy to leave things on when they're not needed....after all, why worry....you're on holiday (as I'm constantly reminded) chill, leave it all on...you've already paid....

when the leccy is metered, I can assure you this sharpens the mind (wallet) whatever the 'you're on holiday' mantra ists insist.

when one is, in effect, constantly feeding the meter it's a different scenario for sure.

so, in a metered situation, I'll use my cheap gas and free 12v supply.

if the campsite pitch were made sufficiently cheaper for doing it, I'd go non EHU...

but im not going to go on some runt pitch that's the only one without a hook up...If I can choose my pitch, like everyone else and then choose to use or not use EHU I'll choose not use...

but the club's idea of a non EHU option isn't broad enough for folk to take up on a regular basis.

yes, I'll go to odd non facs site, if it's where we want to go, but I want to be able to choose EHU/non (or metres) on all cc sites...

I don't think I've got the wrong end of the stick at all, BB. In fact what you've just said only reinforces my point. 

However, as you know, I have come round to agreeing that the club should offer the option of non EHU (on any pitch) to what I reckon are the relatively small number who want the option. 

what's not to like about gas, it's an efficient fuel...perhaps even you use it in your home, central heating boiler perhaps?

in a van, does gas heat the water any differently than the electric? (apart from doing it faster and more cheaply).....

or the heating, or the kettle?

are gas heated toes any different to electric heated ones?

is tea/coffee somehow different with water boiled in a gas kettle than an electric one?

no, of course has isn't free, but if bought from somewhere other than Calor (at club sites) it's a darn sight cheaper....between a quarter and a third of the Calor price.

similarly, is watching the BBC on TV different when using the vans 12v system than when on the mains?

Gas or electric? Electric or gas? Both fuels seem equally capable of generating a whole lot of hot air if this thread is anything to go by! 

If you had bothered to read the original  post you would of seen my actual real world completely genuine comparison of costs.  Which was the point of the post in the first place. 

Im goingaway again for the reasons stated in my previous post.

in a van, does gas heat the water any differently than the electric? (apart from doing it faster and more cheaply).....

or the heating, or the kettle?

are gas heated toes any different to electric heated ones?

is tea/coffee somehow different with water boiled in a gas kettle than an electric one?

Probably not - but where is the gas equivalent of the electric blanket? And the gas espresso machine?

It's here... (Would a hot water bottle do for the other? )

That is NOT an espresso machine, that is a caffetteria. Uses much lower pressure. I know, I have one and the flavour is quite different. This is a simple domestic espresso machine:-

The user of the electric blanket has a very low opinion of a hot water bottle based on the impossibility of wraping it around one, or of turning it on in the middle of the night with a timer.

 

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