Home EHU electricity cost.

[Springy]

Hi,
For those of you who like to know these things:
Just out of interest I bought a power meter for £10 from Amazon and powered the MH through it whilst in storage on my drive. It's costing the equivalent of around 7p per day, or £26 per year, to keep the batteries charged while they run the electronics, i.e. the tracker, control panel and the base van electronics. It's also handy as an indicator to tell if you have switched everything such as lights and heating off.

 

[Phill D]

More information on the actual power meter please!

Have not worked out how much cost is associated with our van on hook up at home but would like to compare

 

[Springy]

More information on the actual power meter please!

Have not worked out how much cost is associated with our van on hook up at home but would like to compare

Serpently,

Here you go...

Amazon product ASIN B07H1ZFVFM

 

[pappajohn]

I noticed unit price is in €, is it switchable to £

 

[Coolcats]

I noticed unit price is in €, is it switchable to £

I have one of those it’s in £

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[Coolcats]

Hi,
For those of you who like to know these things:
Just out of interest I bought a power meter for £10 from Amazon and powered the MH through it whilst in storage on my drive. It's costing the equivalent of around 7p per day, or £26 per year, to keep the batteries charged while they run the electronics, i.e. the tracker, control panel and the base van electronics. It's also handy as an indicator to tell if you have switched everything such as lights and heating off.

Interesting unless it’s the Darkest time of year our 100w solar panel keeps everything charged and only have to plug in a couple of Days a year for a few hours at a time

 

[Barti Ddu]

Interesting unless it’s the Darkest time of year our 100w solar panel keeps everything charged and only have to plug in a couple of Days a year for a few hours at a time

Same here. 100w of solar keeps both hab and cab batteries topped up all year round.

 

[Barti Ddu]

Sorry. Deleted. Duplicate post.

 

[Springy]

Interesting unless it’s the Darkest time of year our 100w solar panel keeps everything charged and only have to plug in a couple of Days a year for a few hours at a time

No solar panels on mine, I'm under trees and cloudy Cardiff skies!

 

[Springy]

Same here. 100w of solar keeps both hab and cab batteries topped up all year round.

As above, I don't have solar.

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[Coolcats]

No solar panels on mine, I'm under trees and cloudy Cardiff skies!

As we are from Essex we feel sorry for you every one deserves a little sunshine in thier lives

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

Same here. 100w of solar keeps both hab and cab batteries topped up all year round.

Yes but only after fitting a Battery Master as a result of a flat engine battery during lockdown

 

[Barti Ddu]

No solar panels on mine, I'm under trees and cloudy Cardiff skies!

We're in Pembrokeshire (well we are when we are at home!) and we get enough solar from a 100w panel to trickle change both batteries in the middle of winter. It doesn't take much to keep them topped up each day.

 

[daverollerteam]

So I have a 150w panel fitted does this mean I don’t have to have electric hook up . Tia.

 

[Richard n Ann]

So I have a 150w panel fitted does this mean I don’t have to have electric hook up . Tia.

We also have a 150w panel and don't usually use hook up for 6 weeks in Benidorm. I do switch over for the hairdryer though.

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[VXman]

As above, I don't have solar.

Get a solar panel. At £26 a year you'll have paid for it (including fitting) in 20 years!

 

[Phill D]

So I have a 150w panel fitted does this mean I don’t have to have electric hook up . Tia.

It depends on your daily useage and how much sunlight you get.
Also the size of the leisure battery to store it.

 

[oldiesontour]

With the price of solar so low (220w panels £110) and controller from around £50 and hook up seeming to be around £5/6 a night ,
Solar makes more sense than ever if you're not brand infatuated and keep it practical,simple and functional.

 

[oldiesontour]

No solar panels on mine, I'm under trees and cloudy Cardiff skies!

Don't make a great deal of difference in winter with regard to keeping starter battery alive daylight is enough with the right setup

 

[CWH]

Would there be something similar for use on a 'proper' ehu blue plug/ socket?
oh yeah, just found them, anything between £50 and £250

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electricity-Consumption-Industrial-Waterproof-Motorhomes/dp/B0CMCSMZH3/?tag=mhf04-21

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[meanders]

Ours is usually off hookup. but I put a dehumidifier in when we have been away for couple of days, and on and off in the winter months. If left on it doesn't take much out, but having been away it must extract a pint or more of water over a couple of days. Aware of all the arguments about dragging in wet air, but us in an out, breathing moisture, boiling kettles etc, I just like to take that extra precaution. .

 

[Paulypaul]

if you're not brand infatuated

That's a good way of putting it. It's all too easy to get drawn into brand snobbery when it's not necessary.

Our 240w of solar keep the hab batteries full, but I must admit, the starter battery has suffered since lay up in January due to not plugging in at home.

 

[StillGoing]

So I have a 150w panel fitted does this mean I don’t have to have electric hook up . Tia.

As long as it’s wired to charge both the leisure and starter batteries, 150W solar is enough to keep them topped up (assuming you’re not in permanent shadow).

 

[A S R]

As we are from Essex we feel sorry for you every one deserves a little sunshine in thier lives

I’d rather live in a cold, dark and damp cave than Essex!
It’s a good job we are all different.

 

[Adeydub]

Interesting unless it’s the Darkest time of year our 100w solar panel keeps everything charged and only have to plug in a couple of Days a year for a few hours at a time

Same, but squally ‘plug ours in’ a day before we leave to get the fridge cold

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[Adeydub]

Should have said usually / fat fingers

 

[h8ten]

I have my van connected to the mains at home through a Meross smart plug. It has an energy monitor function on the app and as I have off-peak electricity for car charging I set it up to come on during the same 5-hour window overnight so I am using cheaper rate electricity and it is not on 24/7.

 

[WillH]

Living in Scotland I know from bitter experience that my 100w solar panel does not keep the batteries charged through the winter months, I need to plug in for three months.

 

[TwistNShout]

I have thought about buying one of these meters, just to see what out usage is - trickle charging sports cars and motorhome. To be honest I've also thought about putting a solar panel on the garage roof to provide the trickle charge, might well be one of this summer's projects. For some reason my wife is anti solar panels on the MH.

 

[stuartholmes]

Would there be something similar for use on a 'proper' ehu blue plug/ socket?
oh yeah, just found them, anything between £50 and £250

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electricity-Consumption-Industrial-Waterproof-Motorhomes/dp/B0CMCSMZH3/?tag=mhf04-21

Don't you have to save an awful lot of electricity to pay for one of those?

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