Posted on 03/03/2019 19:21
Just come off a Rally on an all singing and dancing commercial site. They did a deal where the ehu was optional @£3 p/n. 28 vans 25 paid for ehu. We didn’t refilled the gas bottle after we got back and it cost me £4.51, the bottle had been used for 4 nights on a clubsite so ehu and 3 nights non-ehu so 7 nights in total.
No moral to this story just numbers.
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Posted on 07/03/2019 08:06 by peedeeLet's at least get one thing straight, the Club hasn't got 200 sites. At the last count I did it was 155 the rest are affiliated or managed sites over which the Club has no power to change. I put the average site size as below 100, possibly 80 but both estimates are pure guesses. However you estimate it, I agree to fit all the Clubs pitches with meters would be expensive, £2M to £3M but put that in context, that probably only equates to buying one site like Bingham and the Club is sitting on something like £30M in cash reserves.
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Posted on 07/03/2019 08:26 by JVB66The other thing about club sites is the same as the ccc neither own many sites most are leased and and several club sits are on life support leases,which puts another dimension into whether it would be worth the investment
Posted on 07/03/2019 08:59
One thing is certain. This thread is doing its bit for global warming with all the hot air.
Touching briefly on the safety issue of gas/electricity. Many years ago I had a yacht with a petrol engine which several prospective purchasers thought hazardous. Yet they were perfectly happy with LPG cylinders which would make a far bigger bang in the event of a malfunction. Risk is often a case of perception rather than reality.
Posted on 07/03/2019 09:16
I think I may need to change my Calor cylinder soon. I've been using it since October and it must be nearly empty now. October 2017 that is!
If necessary, I can run almost all the electrics in the caravan off 12v - directly or by using a fairly big inverter. Microwave, hairdryer, espresso machine, electric blanket, kettle, etc as required but not the space or water heating. Were I fitting a solar panel now I would aim for at least 200 watts as one gets little out of a horizontal panel this far north in winter.
Has anyone heard of a solar panel that can be electrically heated to remove frost and snow?
Posted on 07/03/2019 09:16 by NavigateurI think I may need to change my Calor cylinder soon. I've been using it since October and it must be nearly empty now. October 2017 that is!
If necessary, I can run almost all the electrics in the caravan off 12v - directly or by using a fairly big inverter. Microwave, hairdryer, espresso machine, electric blanket, kettle, etc as required but not the space or water heating. Were I fitting a solar panel now I would aim for at least 200 watts as one gets little out of a horizontal panel this far north in winter.
Has anyone heard of a solar panel that can be electrically heated to remove frost and snow?
Posted on 07/03/2019 09:27
Seems like a lot of work/bother to me when I can just push a blue plug in, the working out of numbers and ways to save a few £'s seems at odds to enjoying a break in my caravan. If someone wants to save the planet, save their pennies or live in the past when technology allows us comfort without working hard at it, then by all means go for it. Me, I'll plug in and put the electric kettle on.
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Posted on 07/03/2019 09:27 by MethevenSeems like a lot of work/bother to me when I can just push a blue plug in, the working out of numbers and ways to save a few £'s seems at odds to enjoying a break in my caravan.
Posted on 07/03/2019 09:31
Me too. The off grid purists will be pushing water purification kits next so that we are not tied to taps, water pipes and mains supply - another grid they will seek to free us from, so we can collect water from a caravan roof - just take a big water butt to collect it in. Free at last !
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