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 04/03/2019 12:08 by HakinbushYou know it amazes me folks will spend 50 to 80 grand on a motorhome and 20 to 30 on a caravan and quibble over three quid a night for a bit of leccy, well it keeps my cold box, fridge, heating and hot water going bargain..
Posted on 04/03/2019 12:50
Actually, my fridge was cold (works better on gas) heating and water was warm. (Works better on gas 5kW vs 3kW) for less than 3 pounds. I’m not begrudging the £3 p/n I just chose not to pay it. But perhaps site fees should be based on the value of your outfit. Let’s say 0.1% of the value per night £50, 000 MH that will be £50 p/n £30,000 caravan £30 please Sir. I think you could be onto something.
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Posted on 04/03/2019 13:08
We tend to do around 90 nights per year. 90 nights at £3 leccy per night is £270. In a year we use about £30 of gas...If we ran on gas, as we do some of the time anyway, as the gas is far far quicker than using electricity for heating and water, would we use an extra £240 worth in gas without the electric hook up ? No way, the gas is quicker and much cheaper. Any move towards metered electricity or having no electricity gets my approval.
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Posted on 04/03/2019 13:38
I have come round to agreeing that making EHU optional would be an easy and effective way to satisfy the demands of some. But I'm pretty sure it would be a very small minority who would go without, given what I've seen on C&CC sites where that option is available.
Posted on 04/03/2019 13:41
Well the "opposition" are offering 30% discounts on non ehu in July (not all sites) so that brings the costs down to £10 a night on a site we'd like to visit. They're offering other discounts too. We've been in at reception on one C&CC site where we the only ones booked in for EHU and that included some larger outfits than ours. It made us re-think the possibilities. 
Posted on 04/03/2019 12:42 by NavigateurTo me it is recovering the infrastructure cost of fitting the refillable system that makes it unworkable. And the dragging the cylinder about to keep topping it up.
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