Electric meters on site individual

[Kenj]

My last outing in Wales the site I was on has meter electric, after 1week the chap next to me had £7.od bill mine with solar and a very large battery was £1.74 thats boiling a kettle, everything else diesel heating water heater lights fridge chargers run off the van. The fridge is always on while driving and parked up with no electric.

 

[trevskoda]

I have never in almost 10 years required a link up, anyway they have not found out about electric up norf.

 

[wildebus]

My last outing in Wales the site I was on has meter electric, after 1week the chap next to me had £7.od bill mine with solar and a very large battery was £1.74 thats boiling a kettle, everything else diesel heating water heater lights fridge chargers run off the van. The fridge is always on while driving and parked up with no electric.

You would have to know how much you spent on Gas and Diesel for the Heating , against what he spent to know who had the better result.
He could have run his heating fully on electric, same with water heating and cooking?

 

[Kenj]

Did not use gas heating was just a blast before bed.

 

[jacquigem]

Interesting , some sites in Spain now want 5 euros a day. Others are going metered which seems the fair way to go.

 

[Robmac]

Interesting , some sites in Spain now want 5 euros a day. Others are going metered which seems the fair way to go.

I quite agree.

Some people will use power for the sake of it if they have paid up front.

 

[Kenj]

The site I was on. folk with electric cars where charging them F.O.C and the owner was getting ripped off on other things thats why the meters where installed on every point charging electric cars is more expensive than petrol.

 

[vindiboy]

Meters are the best way to go for Gas Water and electric and providing they are set correctly everyone wins I think , I wonder if there will ever be prepaid meters on sites ? A site we used to use in our early days in Spain had rewireable fuses in the supply boxes and you paid according to the fuse size you agreed on, if you blew the fuse you had to get the box unlocked and a new fuse fitted, if you did blow the fuse the guy from Reception known as HEIR GIT or HITLER also blew a fuse and made you wait ages till he got off his butt and came and changed the fuse!

 

[r4dent]

I wonder if there will ever be prepaid meters on sites ?

Back in 2018 we used Lockside CS in Ripon and you had to buy prepayment cards for EHU. When you left they bought back used cards, most people gave their part used cards to new arrivals.

 

[colinm]

Back in 2018 we used Lockside CS in Ripon and you had to buy prepayment cards for EHU. When you left they bought back used cards, most people gave their part used cards to new arrivals.

This year was a first for us using prepaid meter, but then we rarely use EHU, in this case the fridge wouldn't work on gas, IIRC we had £3 on card, at previous site we had to pay £10 extra for EHU which was way OTT.

 

[Deleted member 86180]

Rarely use hook up but noticed quite a few slot metered electric hook ups during this years European trip. One of them had the slots well away from the allotted spaces - confusing!