Whats it cost to get EHU free?

a useful side effect of the SP part of the 'free lekky' equation is the ability to keep all batteries charged while van (MH or Caravan) is not being used....pretty critical for a MH to have a starter battery in tip top shape but 'hungry' electrical items like alarms, immobilisers, hifi/sat head units can drain batteries pretty quickly.

this in itself can save some vanners a lot of too-ing and fro-ing to their storage areas to check on or change batteries.

I agree Dave. It's such a shame that some think it's almost their duty to throw spanners in the works. A perfectly good and honest discussion about something that is very current, provably non polluting and of great interest to many. If my tele, microwave or someone's coffee machine is powered by electric gathered from the sun, then good for them I say. I know that most caravanners will never touch non EHU and if they do, it'll be no longer than a weekend, To that I say good- more for me and the people who 'get' it. But I wonder how much they think about non EHU being a winner and because they can't be bothered, read up about it, or even allow themselves to try it, let's take the mick and have a go. Some like yourself can enter a debate and argue that you don't need it and you explain why whilst at the same time understanding where I and many are coming from. There's no over the top comments suggesting that non EHU is somehow inferior. As has been said, it's not a competition to see how low you can go!! Which, unfortunately, doesn't appear to be the mantra of those who attack for the sake of it. If they don't want to know- there are other threads that will thrill and delight them! Must go, the potatoes are looking like they need digging! 

this in itself can save some vanners a lot of too-ing and fro-ing to their storage areas to check on or change batteries.

How true BB. One of the first advantages to me was as you say, to-img and fro-ing to the storage area. Before, I would be at it at least every 6 weeks carrying a new battery to keep the alarm and tracker alive for the insurance- now, all done automatically. That alone has saved me, in 4 years, hours of messing about and ££££s with of diesel. However, compared to what it has saved me on site, it pales into insignificance. 

My personal view on this issue is that I can't see the point in spending hundreds of £s just to save a few quid on lekky. After years of not having the luxuries in my vans, I now relish them.

and why shouldn't you TW. I relish them too. I do hope that you haven't taken any of my posts as an attack on a system i.e. EHU caravanning, that has stood the test of time and that hundreds of thousands are happy with? Now, that said, many many caravanners don't even know about non EHU. If they come on here and I'm always trying to encourage those I meet to do so, they will be able to access knowledge that they didn't have. They are big enough and ugly enough to make a decision. They can stay as they are, or, like me and others, they can do things differently. I have to say now that from storage sites to the CC site at Pandy, from CLs as far apart as North Devon and Edinburgh, when caravanners have found out how I caravan they are gobsmacked and their first reaction is 'I don't believe it'

Now, the highlight in bold above is just amazing. I have to say that after all the talk and the enthusiasm of people posting on the non EHU threads about how much they have reduced their caravanning or M/H costs, you still post a comment like that!! Have you read any of it? I can't believe you haven't , being a regular contributor to CT?

The last thing I want is to appear that I am attacking those who choose to do things differently. All I, and others have done, is talk about a way of caravanning that many people have found fascinating, interesting, and thought provoking. Many have acted on it and many haven't Now , let me cover the comment in bold above.

Firstly, 'yes, you are correct in saying 'hundreds of pounds' - but these days you can be offgrid for as little as £340 as we discussed earlier in this thread. Yes, £340 is not insubstantial but when you think that its money that will return to you in saved fees then it's a good investment.

Now my favourite bit- "just to save a few quid on lekky." Oh boy, no, you couldn't have read what has been reported. Firstly, it's not about saving electricity- it's about freeing yourself from the charges that other people want to charge you for THEIR electricity. I use as much electricity as my panel can gather and my batteries can store. I won't bore you with what I use on board but I use all fitted equipment and extras. Now, since I freed myself from EHU, I have been able to go to sites charging as little as £4 a night as compared to £14 a night for an EHU CL. I have saved- and here it comes, well over a thousand pounds on site fees that I would have paid for and my 2 Safefills have paid for themselves twice over. So the "hundreds of pounds spent" has now become "hundreds of pounds in the bank" And it's an ongoing saving- I am on site at the moment and at £6. Not £15 as it would be up the road. Yet another £9 pound every day saved. I am no spring chicken and I understand your argument about comfort and I'm sure many on here will feel the same, - believe me, if I and the OH weren't comfortable at the level we like, there is no way I would have carried on with this, but we are,and, with paying 25% of the price of gas in rental cylinders and site fees some 66% lower than I used to pay AND with equal comfort, is anyone really in a position to knock it? And really- what's not to like!?

Well, there you go, Merve. Certainly one of us hasn't read the other's posts.

I said "However, that is my personal view, as I said, and I fully respect the opinions of others who choose to do things differently. Live and let live, eh?".  Can you not accept that I do things my way and my way differs from yours? You've saved a bit of money so good luck to you, well done. If that gives you a kick, I'm pleased for you.

Now to the other point. I also said, amongst other things, "What I do find intolerable, though, are the occasional posts trying to convert others to a different point of view". You, I'm afraid to say, are coming perilously close to that in delivering your lecture above. I respect your right to do things your way and all I ask is that you, and others, do the same.

Oh dear! Let's forget it Tinny. Life's too short ! 

Oh, dear, indeed! 

I'm not sure what your post is suppose to mean but I'd rather you remembered the comments.

Well that's another informative and interesting thread finally gone the way of many others on here.  

im sure Merve is a delighted enthusiast who has discovered a new/different way of doing things with his caravan.

that way includes obtaining key resources (gas/electric) in a cheaper/free manner which then negates much of the associated running costs (power) with vanning.

this new way has proved successful, resulting in cheaper pitches and gas, and a realisation that more (interesting?, remote?) sites are now within his compass.

i just feel that Merve is so delighted that he wants to share his new found freedom (and cost savings) with his associates on CT and further afield....the folk he meets on site....

personally, im grateful for his insights and i love his enthusiasm, makes a change from some of the glum stuff we sometimes get on CT.

if this happens to be a subject that doesnt interest someone, then there really is no need to get involved in the thread. the title gives away the subject matter and most of the posts will be to do with kit (boring....)

Merve, keep up your enthusiasm, its great to see positive drive for a subject, i dont see you as a preacher merely as a nice guy passing on his benefits knowledge to other vanners.