EHU cable adapter in Black Forest

[Coltnavy]

For the second time, first in Luxembourg, l've had to rent an adapter to enable hook up. I have the usual euro plug but here the post needs a plug that is of slightly less diameter than mine. Anyone know what these are called and where to buy when l get back to the UK. Many thanks.

 

[MichaelT]

Pictures would be handy but never had a problem in either country with the normal blue plug.

 

[Riverbankannie]

I have been to loads of places, both campsites and stellplatz, in Black Forest and southern Germany and always used the standard euro plug. Are any of your neighbours on the site using an adapter or do they have a different end to you?
Ask around there, I don’t think you will find any such adapter in UK.

 

[Lenny HB]

Normally Germany & Luxembourg use the standard Schko plug, 2 pins with scraping earth tags also has a hole for the French earth pin.

 

[MichaelT]

Normally Germany & Luxembourg use the standard Schko plug, 2 pins with scraping earth tags also has a hole for the French earth pin.

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So you just need the euro adapter then.

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[lorger]

Possible needs this

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[Riverbankannie]

Oh, a 2 pin euro adapter, yes we have one of those! Only ever used it once in France though.

 

[Coltnavy]

I'll post a picture once it stops raining, which may take awhile!

 

[autorouter]

If it's a euro '2-pin' plug adapter you need you can find one at any camping/caravan accessories store, or at most big DIY stores like Bauhaus. One like the link in lorger's post.

Some camp sites and aires, as you found, use the standard domestic socket rather than the round blue socket that is standard across Europe. In the nearest countries (France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain etc) there are two socket types that look very similar. Each has its own plug type. There is a third plug type that is designed to be compatible with both. It is important that if you buy an adapter, it has the 'compatible' plug so you can use it anywhere.

The French socket has a reversed earth pin. The German/Spanish socket has two sliding earth contacts top and bottom.

The 'compatible' plug has a hole for the reversed earth pin, and two metal contacts top and bottom for the sliding contacts.


French socket, German socket, French plug, German plug, Compatible plug.

 

[Lenny HB]

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