Electric hook up on Bilbao ferry?

[Robina]

Does anyone know if there is electric hook up on the Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry? We are on the two night trip on Sunday 7th.

 

[Wully]

I’ve never heard of electric hook on any ferry. Dont you have a cabin? Don’t think any insurance company would cover hook ups on ferry. That gets me thinking how do they power fridges on hgvs on long crossings.

 

[Trish1997]

I used to ask and get EHU on Brittany ferries but they now refuse you. Probably something to do with insurance..

 

[peter palance]

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Does anyone know if there is electric hook up on the Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry? We are on the two night trip on Sunday 7th.

are you in the dark then look up your hooked, look deeper you might see the lord of hopes best wishes might one say a happy new year
ok on your way. pj

 

[Robina]

I’ve never heard of electric hook on any ferry. Dont you have a cabin? Don’t think any insurance company would cover hook ups on ferry. That gets me thinking how do they power fridges on hgvs on long crossings.

I know the Greek ferries do from our trip last year and was hoping the north European ones would too. I assumed hgvs had their own internal solutions.

 

[Robina]

I used to ask and get EHU on Brittany ferries but they now refuse you. Probably something to do with insurance..

Ah - thanks. I will ask. If the Greek ferries can do it then seems odd for it to be a problem here.

 

[Robina]

are you in the dark then look up your hooked, look deeper you might see the lord of hopes best wishes might one say a happy new year
ok on your way. pj

Uuuum...thanks. And a happy new year to you too!

 

[forthpilot]

On RoRo's and Container ships, there are banks of 'Reefer' plug-ins, to keep refrigerated units at the required temperatures.
These units tend to to be loaded near each other, in order to facilitate hook-up, and then monitoring, on longer trips.
I don't know about the Insurance side of it, but from an operational point of view it would be unworkable to have 'Reefer' cables
strewn all over the tanktops, and that's before the Health and Safety Boys get at it. On modern ships, there simply isn't the manpower
to ensure that everything is connected up correctly, and then disconnected and stowed before arrival, as once you make it available,
everyone will want it.

 

[Pauljenny]

At that time of year, it will be pretty cool. You won't be opening the fridge door.

Shouldn't be a big problem, unless there's a medical reason ?
If so contact BF.

 

[Robina]

On RoRo's and Container ships, there are banks of 'Reefer' plug-ins, to keep refrigerated units at the required temperatures.
These units tend to to be loaded near each other, in order to facilitate hook-up, and then monitoring, on longer trips.
I don't know about the Insurance side of it, but from an operational point of view it would be unworkable to have 'Reefer' cables
strewn all over the tanktops, and that's before the Health and Safety Boys get at it. On modern ships, there simply isn't the manpower
to ensure that everything is connected up correctly, and then disconnected and stowed before arrival, as once you make it available,
everyone will want it.

On the Greek ferries there were what looked like domestic extension leads with four to six sockets dotted all over the place around the edges of the deck and peoples' van cables ran all over the place to get to them. It was a free-for-all to get hooked up.

 

[Robina]

At that time of year, it will be pretty cool. You won't be opening the fridge door.

Shouldn't be a big problem, unless there's a medical reason ?
If so contact BF.

No, no medical reason. I was wondering about taking stuff from the freezer at home. 36 hours is just too long to stay frozen but, as you say, not a big problem.

 

[wildebus]

On the Greek ferries there were what looked like domestic extension leads with four to six sockets dotted all over the place around the edges of the deck and peoples' van cables ran all over the place to get to them. It was a free-for-all to get hooked up.

Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen!

 

[walpeter]

Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen!

We have been to Greece a couple of times and the hook-ups are available when camping on deck i.e. sleeping in your motorhome (not an open deck but with large cut outs at the side of the ship). As I remember, it was not a danger with the hook-ups as they were pulled down from the ceiling on springs by the crew.

 

[Robina]

We have been to Greece a couple of times and the hook-ups are available when camping on deck i.e. sleeping in your motorhome (not an open deck but with large cut outs at the side of the ship). As I remember, it was not a danger with the hook-ups as they were pulled down from the ceiling on springs by the crew.

We could not get that offer from that company due to late booking. Minoan lines do what they call "camping all inclusive" which means you load your moho amongst the hgvs, plug in as best you can and leave it. An internal en suite cabin +30% discount off food is included. Quite a nice deal actually if a bit hairy at loading time! And the five hour delay coming back!

 

[r4dent]

At that time of year, it will be pretty cool. You won't be opening the fridge door.

You can't open the fridge door because you can't get to the van.

unless there's a medical reason

Couple of years ago I left my insulin the fridge. Explained the situation to the purser.
He sent me down to the car deck with a member of staff to open the pedestrian door. But said if an alarm sounded I would be locked in.
The crew man explained his duty was to the rest of the passengers and if an alarm sounded he would leave me there until the emergency was over.

On a happier note.. I'm sure they will have no problem refrigerating any medication and you fridge freezer will be OK for the crossing if you fill them wih cold stuff.

I've never seen hook ups, let us know how you get on.

Oh, happy new year.

 

[spigot]

I believe Brittany Ferries only supply EHU to refrigerated trucks.

Most campers I've spoken to on the ferry don't bother to turn the fridge off.

If you don't want to do this, put in freezer blocks containing gel, the ones with water are useless.

 

[r4dent]

Most campers I've spoken to on the ferry don't bother to turn the fridge off.

The fridge can't be on 240 because no EHU
The fridge can't be on 12v because the ignition is off
So the fridge must be on gas.

Hmmmm lots of containers of explosive liquid giving off vapour in an enclosed space and a few naked flames.... What could possibly go wrong ?

Still better 1,000 people are lost at sea than someone's beer gets warm.

Do NOT run your fridge on the Ferry! :rulez:

 

[tidewatcher]

Irish ferry

Did Rosslareto Cherbourg last year and some caravans hooked up, cables across the deck and all cleared before doors open. Never bothered myself, as long as the fridge is cold, a couple of freezer blocks or a frozen meal in a container seems to keep the fridge fine for 24 hours.

 

[alwaysared]

I used to ask and get EHU on Brittany ferries but they now refuse you. Probably something to do with insurance..

Probably Health and Safety, we've gone mad with it! They'll be banning birth soon because it leads to death lol.

Regards,
Del

 

[Robina]

The fridge can't be on 240 because no EHU
The fridge can't be on 12v because the ignition is off
So the fridge must be on gas.

Hmmmm lots of containers of explosive liquid giving off vapour in an enclosed space and a few naked flames.... What could possibly go wrong ?

Still better 1,000 people are lost at sea than someone's beer gets warm.

Do NOT run your fridge on the Ferry! :rulez:

Just so you know - I am not stupid and have no intention of running the fridge on gas on the ferry. The gas would of course be turned off. The whole point of my question was to find out if there was hook up because no other power source was available. I thought that was clear.