No EHU Advice please.

[T Rev]

We are heading to Pembrokeshire in June. One of the sites (3 nights) has no EHU.

Not having tried it before we need advice.

Gas (2 x 6kg) for heating, hot water, cooking and fridge?

Leisure battery for lighting etc? Battery is the one it came with-3years old. Also has solar but not sure what capacity.

How do we make it all last for 3 days?

I do know it is always warm and sunny in Wales!

T

 

[chaser]

We are heading to Pembrokeshire in June. One of the sites (3 nights) has no EHU.

Not having tried it before we need advice.

Gas (2 x 6kg) for heating, hot water, cooking and fridge?

Leisure battery for lighting etc? Battery is the one it came with-3years old. Also has solar but not sure what capacity.

How do we make it all last for 3 days?

I do know it is always warm and sunny in Wales!

T

No problem.

 

[Lenny HB]

Should be fine.

 

[tony1515]

hi run all you can on gas if you only use light water pump it should be fine i would switch lights on at home see if all working in a couple of days with expected use a trail also when on site just fire van up now and a gain put some charge in battery but you should do 3 days easy

 

[nicholsong]

We are heading to Pembrokeshire in June. One of the sites (3 nights) has no EHU.

Not having tried it before we need advice.

Gas (2 x 6kg) for heating, hot water, cooking and fridge?

Leisure battery for lighting etc? Battery is the one it came with-3years old. Also has solar but not sure what capacity.

How do we make it all last for 3 days?

I do know it is always warm and sunny in Wales!

T

If you are going to want to use the MH for 3 nights (or more) on a regular basis, and perhaps in the darker and colder days you perhaps should get a second battery.

If you do decide on a second battery, the advice is to have two batteries matched in age and capacity, even one large Lithium(LiFePO4)

Also even a Battery-to-Battery charger which extracts more charging power from the alternator, so that you arrive at a non-EHU site with batteries full charged.

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[monzer]

Are you keeping the van plugged in all the time at home? If you are then I would want to unhook it and put a bit of load on the battery just to make sure it is working as it should. Better checking now rather than finding out it's not working when you go away.

 

[15edward]

Don’t use the telly!!

 

[St3v3]

If your heating is the blown air type it can use a fair bit of battery. Otherwise as long as the battery is a decent size and in good condition you should be OK. Do you have a battery monitor such as victron BMV or smartshunt? If not I really would recommend one to see what is actually left in the battery. Looking at voltage is no use whatsoever...

 

[hja]

Will you be taking your van off site during your stay? If you do that will charge your batteries

 

[Guigsy]

If it's sunny, in June you'll be fine. Even a smallish panel will probably provide enough juice.

If the battery is knackered, it's continuously raining and you're using the hair dryer on the dog, then you might struggle.

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[The Old Man]

Regularly Freedom Camp in South Wales through the Winter months.

Adria Coral 660SL, no solar. Only me living in.

Try to ensure the battery is fully charged on arrival.

Restrict TV useage.
Restrain use of warm air heating as the pump is heavy useage.
Be careful on all electric useage, lighting, radio, charging gear and Hor Water. Collect all washing up into a large batch.

I can usually manage three days in the wild, fresh water, grey water and power and five days+ for the black cassette.

If it is needed to run the heating or the TV for news and weather, I am not bothered to run te engine wile high power item are needed.

To me, the most important things is not to let a trip be spoiled by a period of frugal living, there is always a coffee shop to take a drive out to.

And one day a week I check into the cheapest sight I can find with EHU.

 

[T Rev]

Thanks for the help so far.

Alde wet heating so that’s good.
No TV so that’s good.
No dog so that’s good.

Am checking out the solar.

T

 

[Hawkstone]

We have a solar panel,( no tv ) and we can go for weeks without hook up. We can also charge the iPad and phones with no problem too. Our water heater is very effective and we are good at squaddie showers to keep the gas usage down. We do have diesel heating if needed. You should be fine. Have a great time .

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

Thanks for the help so far.

Alde wet heating so that’s good.
No TV so that’s good.
No dog so that’s good.

Am checking out the solar.

T

Perhaps a smallish secondary folding solar panel would help. You can angle that to harvest the maximum amount of solar, the battery/ies should be well charged by lunchtime. The folding ones quite often have a USB port on the controller which can be used for your phones.
Above all, don't stress, go out on some trips and that will also help charge the battery bank.
Mike.

 

[Richard n Ann]

We used to stay in Benidorm for 8 weeks with no hook up, just a 150w panel. Biggest user was TV on half the night.

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[Gina M]

We lasted easily for 3 days with similar power to you and we watched the telly every night.

 

[Miggs]

Alde wet heating so that’s good

Remember the circulation pump is drawing power all the time.

 

[bigtwin]

If in doubt, practise at home first so that you have confidence in your vehicle’s capabilities.

Ian

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

First thing we did to our van when we bought it was to change all interior lights to LEDs

 

[rb62]

Remember the circulation pump is drawing power all the time.

The circulation pump is controlled by the room thermostat so shouldn't be running all the time unless it's been put on constant when using the engine heat exchanger.