The lure of ehu

In any event in the UK charging more than cost is illegal.
 

Indeed it is but I was responding to PeeDee's comments about more usage of gas and less of electric in Spain and I shifted the decimal point over in my original post 

Just my personal view. - Not sure Installation would be cost effective across the network of club sites. Leased sites may be more difficult to justify installation costs even if it was allowed.  With an all inclusive price the club knows what the income is from each occupied pitch and can work its budgets accordingly.  Things may change in the future should electric vehicles be used to tow and motorhomes become electric whereby the use of quick charging bollards will be needed but for now I think the cost is prohibitive. 

Must say it has taken a lot longer than I expected to drift onto the subject of metered electricity.  

I believe I am unique, in the whole of the club’s membership who will admit to using more electricity on an unmetered pitch than I would on a metered pitch.   Other more saintly member’s only concern is the cost incurred by the club to install meters. To these members I can only say Yeah right. 

Many members have never experience metered electricity Boff. I have not but I don't say I've paid for it so I'll open all hatches in mid winter and crank the heating up on electric.

I think things will change as fuel costs rise and I've noticed on CT that more are becoming interested in solar power etc. Change happens slowly and the club will hopefully be looking at threads like this to gauge our views.? There is such a thing as smart metering on caravan parks and perhaps this will be a way forward and you can either use it or not. 

so what do you do to actually increase your electricity? The only thing I can think of is not use gas?

Personally I would use the van exactly the same way on metered or not, life is too short to start to worry about a few pounds (compared to the cost of an outfit) but I suppose some do

Also I am intrigued why you think the installation costs can be dismissed so easily. Each individual bollard would have to be adapted. This will cost money but that money cannot be recouped, it would mean higher fees or less updates on sites.

That’s a very scathing post, Boff. 

Hand on heart I can genuinely say that, metered or not, my electricity consumption would be the same. Why? Because, for me, convenience outweighs cost. Clearly, you take the opposing view which is fine but please don’t assume we’re all the same  

The cost of installation, calibration and so on is a major issue and is bound to make a hole in the club’s funds. Why you ‘yeah, right’ it and make insinuations of other members, I have no idea. 

PS. Wow, Corners. You posted as I was writing. It’s almost a carbon copy. 😁

Hiya lads what took you so long to join in?    Obviously,  I would, never dream of think or imply that your motive are ever anything less than pure and saintly.  Unlike my own self confessed sins.  So there is no need for you all to get so defensive.

Now that the experts have entered the discussion I will leave.  It’s been an interesting and cordial debate over 8 pages thanks!

Sarcasm will suffice, I suppose, in the absence of a reasoned reply. 

‘Bye, then. 

Typical sarcastic reply as expected from anyone who thinks their way is above reproach  until the real life facts are presented to them