Whats it cost to get EHU free?

Hi Micheal , Many of these inverters don't have names on them. Mine is the same. If you deal with a reputable company the inverter should be good. 

It depends totally on what equipment you want to power and what time of year. When we started caravanning with an Abbey it had no battery, no transformer and no EHU. This was quite usual. We connected the van to the car with an extension lead and managed perfectly well for a few days but made sure to take the car for a run periodically. We supplemented lighting with a camping gas light and used gas for cooking, heating and fridge.

The man power consumers that have been added since those days are a TV (for those that need one) and a fan or pump for heat distribution.

Out of habit and because of ACSI membership where power is included in the pitch fee we always use EHU when travelling overseas but the Motorhome has a solar panel and there is absolutely no need for hook-up, except for one item - a powerful mains electric fan for the hot climate. It has become a habit, not a necessity. 

Hi bakers, what are you using an inverter to charge phones for? - or to watch television for that matter? Charge them from the 12v socket using an adapter and run your TV on 12v- if you have a 240v set- bin it and get something that runs off 12v. An inverter is very useful when needed to run 240v gear but the vast majority of operations aboard can be done with 12v. An inverter uses amps whilst on so make sure you switch it off when not using it. - the more you can use 12v DC the better. I'm really pleased the OH is beginning to. Sleeve in offgrid though- a real leap forward! Yes, invest in a Safefill- you'll not regret it. 

I really must read my posts before pressing the reply button! That should of course read 'is beginning to believe in ' etc

We have a 15 year old motorhome and it doesn't have a 12v socket. Got a 'funny' 12v next to socket in TV cupboard seems to have 2 small slots, never seen anything that would be likely to go in it.

Small inverter is sufficient to charge the phone if it's not done from cigarette lighter when on the move. The cab as an 18v cigarette type socket but it's too big for cigarette lighter adapters. No idea what that's about. It's enough for the TV too.

OH wasn't at all sure but was impressed so baby steps at present 😉

Had devil's own job to post this reply 😤😤. Easier to persuade OH to go off grid 😲😲

Merve I did wonder about 'sleeve' 😂😂

We have a 15 year old motorhome and it doesn't have a 12v socket. Got a 'funny' 12v next to socket in TV cupboard seems to have 2 small slots, never seen anything that would be likely to go in it.

Small inverter is sufficient to charge the phone if it's not done from cigarette lighter when on the move. The cab as an 18v cigarette type socket but it's too big for cigarette lighter adapters. No idea what that's about. It's enough for the TV too.

OH wasn't at all sure but was impressed so baby steps at present 😉

Your 'funny' socket is just an older style socket like these There is an adapter like this

Can someone report my post please? My second reply took 7 minutes more to show than my copying the post, logging out and back in again and pasting then adding to the post 😲 slow or what. I've also tried since spotting it within a minute or so to be able to post this request.

The refresh loads until almost complete and then hangs. If we say 2-3minutes to type this that's at least 10 minutes maybe more by the time this post is showing. Slow even by this site's standards.

Now working fine and I've done nothing different 😤😤😤😤

I don't think it looks like that I'll check but it's not stored at home.

Thanks for the interest.

Bakers2 you will need something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Caravan-Camper-12v-10a-Two-Parallel-Pin-Plug-Black/1808754088?iid=171407185558

I have posted that my setup cost approximately £400 but for a short stay you need to spend nothing.

With my setup we cant use. The microwave or a hairdryer.  As for a Netspresso machine no thank you under any circumstances. We have bought a Caravan low wattage kettle from Aldi, I think it cost £10, it is hard to imagine we will ever save £10 in gas.

I cant really comment on offgrid cooking because I have never cooked for more than 95 off grid so don't feel qualified 

TBH my belief in life is some people do it whatever it is.  And others make excuses not to.  But personally I refuse to be dictated to where I stay by the lack of a Netspresso machine.  Other opinions are available