The 15m cable with 240v site mains plug make it easy to connect directly to your site’s electrical post. However, also bear in mind that many devices demand a higher current for a split second when they start up. The only thing we tend to run is the camping heater ( I did a totally cut down list of the all those out there and picked my 4 favs here), USB chargers for power packs and a camping coolbox. From being intermittent it is now a permanent refusal to charge leisure battery from hook up although 240v is going through to the 240v plug on the side of the kitchen. Now as soon as I plug in my lead into the socket on the side of the van the circuit breaker in the rear cupboard trips out.

So, in a bid to combine fitness with frugality, I've rounded up 20 ways you can exercise and get fit without spending a penny, both outdoors and at home. Safer than just a bog-standard extension lead with a 16A plug on the end and it even has a couple of USB sockets built in for phone charging. Practical Motorhome is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.This will keep it away from water should you get waterlogged (it can happen without warning sometimes! Even at the other end of the scale, though, 16A is the maximum and this is only slightly more than you can wring out of a single domestic mains socket. Most points are just a case of pushing the cable into the point but sometimes you have to twist it to lock it in place.

Use and charge multiple devices from the comfort of your tent with this three-socket mains converter kit from Eurohike. I think it is a safer set up although it did cost a bit more than an off the shelf hook up and took a little more organising too. But they are on specially constructed appliances, for a domestic wiring system for example you need to ensure the switch to a light is actually in the live (feed) to render the light fitting is dead when the switch is off (and normally that the inner contact in an Edison screw fitting is the live one). We used ours for the fridge and chargers, hair drier, straighteners, Electric pump for the air bed, etc.An essential for any family camping or caravanning trip; the Eurohike Mobile Mains Kit is a great value 3-socket that makes it easy and safe to connect your tent to the campsite's electrical hook. Connect your tent to the campsite's electrical hook up point safely and conveniently with this 3-socket mains converter kit.