Our 800-1000 watt kettle packed up at the weekend. A replacement low voltage kettle will cost about £25. Is there a real advantage in a low voltage one when we stay mainly on CC sites. At home we use a Tesco kettle which cost £6 with automatic switch off. Would this be ok in the van. It is 1800-2000watts.
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- Thread starter AndrewWimborne
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andrew you can work it out :- 250 watts = 1 amp there fore 2,000 watts = 8amps
on a site where you only get 13 amps and the fridge, the hot water, telly heating ect are all running. you put your 8amp kettle on and something is going to blow, and its going to be your pitch trip, in france at 6amps per pitch you couldn`t switch it on.
hope this helps TONY A.
on a site where you only get 13 amps and the fridge, the hot water, telly heating ect are all running. you put your 8amp kettle on and something is going to blow, and its going to be your pitch trip, in france at 6amps per pitch you couldn`t switch it on.
hope this helps TONY A.
A domestic kettle would work BUT only if you're very disciplined and temporarily switch off other high current equipment like blown air room heating and hot water heater.
Your caravan will probably be protected by MCBs totalling 15 amps. Since your kettle will be using 9 amps (230V not 250V, tony A) you wouldn't have much left for anything else - but that's only for three minutes at a time.
Your caravan will probably be protected by MCBs totalling 15 amps. Since your kettle will be using 9 amps (230V not 250V, tony A) you wouldn't have much left for anything else - but that's only for three minutes at a time.
well If your going to get that fussy it actualy reads at 240 volts on the multi meter = 8.333333 amps but 250 is easy reckoning for the average person who knows very little about the subject. tony A. xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It actually depends on how close you are to the sub station. You might get 240v in your house but someone in the next street might only get 230v. In my house I get 234v. I only mention this in fun, by the way.
Thanks to the EU we are now supposed to be harmonised at a standard single phase supply rating of 230V but Rogers point about distance from the sub station is quite valid.
I agree you can use a domestic kettle on 16 amp sites in an emergency if you switch of the heating and any 230v lights while the kettle is switched on.We have a 700 amp travelling kettle but last year we forgot it and bought a domestic from asda
I have had 2 of these Russell Hobbs kettles and found them to be rubbish.
The lids of both of them warped within a few uses causing boiling water to spill everywhere when trying to fill the kettle.
I put them where they belonged, in the skip!
The lids of both of them warped within a few uses causing boiling water to spill everywhere when trying to fill the kettle.
I put them where they belonged, in the skip!
Just like Rod, the hinged plastic lid of our Russel Hobbs kettle warped after a few uses.
Passing a file around the offending edge soon returned the lid to it's proper shape and it's been fine for 3 years of use.
Robert
Passing a file around the offending edge soon returned the lid to it's proper shape and it's been fine for 3 years of use.
Robert
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