Hi,
just came back from two weeks in France, but on our first two sites ( one municipal, one private) the site power supplies were provided through UK style CEE 17 connectors.Graet thought I, but I will just check the polarity, and both were reversed. Unfortunatley I had two 'tradidional' French convertor leads, one of which was wired up to deal with reversed polarity. What I did not have was a reversed polarity CEE17 lead. Fortunately both were only overnight stops so the battery and gas provided us. So be prepared to take three conversion leads plus your normal UK lead to guarantee electrical supplies in France. It would help if caravan manufacturers or accesory providers installed a cahnge over switch combined with the polarity/earth warning lights. It would obviate the need to carry all of the extra baggage.
just came back from two weeks in France, but on our first two sites ( one municipal, one private) the site power supplies were provided through UK style CEE 17 connectors.Graet thought I, but I will just check the polarity, and both were reversed. Unfortunatley I had two 'tradidional' French convertor leads, one of which was wired up to deal with reversed polarity. What I did not have was a reversed polarity CEE17 lead. Fortunately both were only overnight stops so the battery and gas provided us. So be prepared to take three conversion leads plus your normal UK lead to guarantee electrical supplies in France. It would help if caravan manufacturers or accesory providers installed a cahnge over switch combined with the polarity/earth warning lights. It would obviate the need to carry all of the extra baggage.