EHU one or two leads?

[Spriddler]

I normally carry 2 EHU leads, as especially on rural sites, in France the post can be a long way from the pitch, but I have not needed the second lead for any pitch in England, is it OK to leave it at home until we go back to Europe?

Difficult one that. Gissa clue how long the lead is.

 

[Silver-Fox]

I find it interesting the aversion of joining two cables.

Just walk onto a building site and look at the leads connected together, in all sorts of weather

OK it tends to be 110v but it can still strike you down.

Having said that any issue and it will trip so no worries there.

 

[hja]

We only carry one unless we think we might need two. A CL in Yorkshire (not the one mentioned above, because it was flat) explained the pitching when I rang to book, and told us that if we wanted to park at the far end, we would need two cables. So we took two. Didn't use the second as, because it had been raining, we parked on the hard standing.

 

[Odd-no-more]

Difficult one that. Gissa clue how long the lead is.

25mt, I've used 2 in France but never needed the 2nd one here

 

[bigwood]

When we bought our first PVC it came with a 30mtr cable. An electrician we knew said he would split the cable into a ten and a twenty. When got it back he had split it in half, 2x15mtr. I had intended to buy a short one for serviced pitches but it never happened.
When we were on a site in Rudeshiem we had to join the two cables. They asked if we had a junction box. I didn’t have one so they wrapped the joint in a supermarket bag and gaffer tape.
I don’t think meany people carry a junction box from what I have seen on sites.

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[Spriddler]

25mt, I've used 2 in France but never needed the 2nd one here

I only tour abroad with my 25m one cut into 15m and 10m and I only once found that the two joined weren't long enough. Mind you, I've found that most sites abroad allow you choose a pitch rather than allocating one so I probably automatically avoid those far from a bollard.
On the very few occasions I've overnighted at a commercial site in the U.K. just one of the cables was enough.

 

[Tigger-Tim]

I find it interesting the aversion of joining two cables.

Just walk onto a building site and look at the leads connected together, in all sorts of weather

OK it tends to be 110v but it can still strike you down.

Having said that any issue and it will trip so no worries there.

Building site transformers normally output 55v-0-55v.

So 110v at the tool, but (assuming you only touch one wire) only 55v to earth.

(I test 240v and 110v equipment)

Edited to add: All 110v equipment I've seen is also double insulated.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Building site transformers normally output 55v-0-55v.

So 110v at the tool, but (assuming you only touch one wire) only 55v to earth.

(I test 240v and 110v equipment)

I was always told it’s not the voltage that kills you it’s the amperage

 

[Tigger-Tim]

I was always told it’s not the voltage that kills you it’s the amperage

This is true. "It's the volts that jolts, but the mills (milliamps) that kills".

But ... Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points.

So I'd rather cut through a live 55v cable than a 240v one.

 

[SuperMike]

I think we have a winner at 75m
Any advance on 75m?

Yes, a full 100m drum of 2.5sq mm, which I would take and use on a CL, that is now closed, after the farmer died. Because of the weight of our unit, the old gent would let us stand on the concrete by one of his barns by the camping field. All the hook up points were around the other side of the field. There was a bit of a voltage drop, down around 210v, but everything seemed to work ok.

So, you lose.

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[carolyn]

For 10 years we carried a 25 metre one and we never needed longer. When we bought the new van there was a new 10metre cable with it so we now carry both but we’ve never needed both.

Who knows , one day we might , but we’ll be ready!! I was a girl guide “be prepared”.

If we’re going to rallies we’re really reckless and leave them at home so that Nick can squeeze in more cider, very important in a PVC.

 

[tonyidle]

This is true. "It's the volts that jolts, but the mills (milliamps) that kills".

But ... Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points.

So I'd rather cut through a live 55v cable than a 240v one.

55v is totally safe. The limit of safety is 80v. I spent half my working life working on live 50v equipment where no precautions against shock were taken or needed.