CAMC and No EHU... Are They Starting To Listen?? (10 Viewers)

[Katie516]

Chatting to a warden recently.

They would love to go to all metered supplies, but its a big investment to do so.

I'd rather know exactly how much I'm paying per night, though. Probably stems from being a single parent years ago, and having to budget to the n'th degree. You never know what the meters are set at, and sometimes they're not the accurate. Up to the site to set the meter rate, so theoretically they can set what they like

 

[bigtwin]

Up to the site to set the meter rate, so theoretically they can set what they like

No, legislation prevents that. They cannot charge more than the rate that they pay for electricity.

Ian

 

[poppycamper]

No, legislation prevents that. They cannot charge more than the rate that they pay for electricity.

Ian

Thus the reason they hide leccy fees with pitch fees...

 

[oldiesontour]

I'd rather know exactly how much I'm paying per night, though. Probably stems from being a single parent years ago, and having to budget to the n'th degree. You never know what the meters are set at, and sometimes they're not the accurate. Up to the site to set the meter rate, so theoretically they can set what they like

Don't know if it's been altered but when we had the site it was not allowed to charge more per unit than cost price if metered.Did leave the option to charge per day for effectively standing for use of our infrastructure then price per kWh...at the time many site owners were not aware of this

 

[Reallyretired]

LOL just looked on ACSI for a site in France next year and they're fully booked for May 2025

Surprised. I have never booked in France in 40 odd years of touring there. Must be an exceptional site.

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[hja]

Out of interest what prices have people seen on private sites for optional ehu ? We've seen mainly £6 pn

I’m not sure what the difference was on the CAMC sites but other sites this year where the offer is either ehu or not the difference has been about £3

 

[Tude]

At £4 off for leccy there not listening!!

 

[starquake]

At £4 off for leccy there not listening!!

I dunno outside of summer some of the sites this on makes a site for 2 people "reasonable". We will still use CAMC in the shoulder months now this discount works.

It's still not comparible with the CACC silly cheap pitches though, peak season we'll be using the GRASS 40% off code as others mentioned. People really should ditch the EHU cables and go offgrid.

 

[Cal54]

This year I spent a week on a commercial site (early June) and the electric was metered. Basically you loaded a card at reception with whatever amount you wanted and then put in the EHU bollard. A refund was available at the end of the stay if appropriate. My cost was less than £1.00 a night - I loaded £15 on the card and got a refund of approx £13 - was there for 4 nights. I’m happy with this system and would like to see it available on more sites, including the 2 major clubs.

 

[Gizmouk]

This year I spent a week on a commercial site (early June) and the electric was metered. Basically you loaded a card at reception with whatever amount you wanted and then put in the EHU bollard. A refund was available at the end of the stay if appropriate. My cost was less than £1.00 a night - I loaded £15 on the card and got a refund of approx £13 - was there for 4 nights. I’m happy with this system and would like to see it available on more sites, including the 2 major clubs.

Sounds much the same as the campsite at Braemar. The system works well, and is fair - you just pay for what you use.
Not been to the Braemar campsite for a year, but they used to clearly show the electricity unit rate they were paying so customer knew they weren't being ripped off.

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[Brains]

Chatting to a warden recently.

They would love to go to all metered supplies, but its a big investment to do so.

Perhaps they should have a word with their own sites!

The Shingle Hall C&MHC CL site on Romney Marsh, Kent has had individual meters for years.
You get 8kw free per night as with your pitch booking and then 35p per KW thereafter.

Each bollard has a little meter like this, and you simply note the numbers at the beginning and end of your stay and pay the difference (if needed).
They seem to be available fairly widely for about £50, and I'm sure considerably less if you were buying in bulk.

T

As an aside:
8kw per night seems to be enough to run the lights, the fridge, the TV and even heat up a tank of water.

I think you would only go over that amount if you used the heating/air con, the hot plate, the kettle, and left the water heater on for several hours

 

[enark]

Perhaps they should have a word with their own sites!

The Shingle Hall C&MHC CL site on Romney Marsh, Kent has had individual meters for years.
You get 8kw free per night as with your pitch booking and then 35p per KW thereafter.

Each bollard has a little meter like this, and you simply note the numbers at the beginning and end of your stay and pay the difference (if needed).
They seem to be available fairly widely for about £50, and I'm sure considerably less if you were buying in bulk.

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As an aside:
8kw per night seems to be enough to run the lights, the fridge, the TV and even heat up a tank of water.

I think you would only go over that amount if you used the heating/air con, the hot plate, the kettle, and left the water heater on for several hours

Days gone by, yes. But now the price to get metered connections installed, has like all things hugely inflated.

Plus they struggle to get the correctly authorised sparks.

 

[jacobjohn]

I bet they don't reduce the prices for the non electric pitches by as much as the electric actually costs

Call me cynical, but the reason sites don’t want to stop charging for EHU is they make more money. The few times we been metered, it’s been a fraction of the cost….and no, we still used the same set up. Only my view, of course .

 

[poppycamper]

Call me cynical, but the reason sites don’t want to stop charging for EHU is they make more money. The few times we been metered, it’s been a fraction of the cost….and no, we still used the same set up. Only my view, of course .

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