Currently sat on Baltic Wharf CMC site. We arrived yesterday at about 14:30, so been pitched about 23 hours. My caravan is a 2019 Bailey, so we'll insulated.
I have the water heating on electric, but its just for washing as we use the sites showers and washing up facilities. The heating has been one since arrival. Daytime set at 19⁰ and night time at 13⁰ (can't have a hot bedroom) and we ate out at the pub next door last night. In addition I dropped the stat down to 14⁰ whilst we went off for a 3 hour walk earlier. Fridge was pre-cooled before leaving home.
On arrival I reset my power meter as I wanted to see what my electrical consumption was.
I have just checked and since arrival I have used 23 Kwh
Which quite frankly has horrified me! We have solar panels and battery storage at home so home electric consumption is minimal. Probably 25Kwh per WEEK
So assuming that electricity is around 28p per Kwh My 24 hours of consumption will have cost in the region of £6.50
The pitch fee is £36 per night, so, if lucky, the CMC will have made just under £30
So this experience clearly shows exactly why campsites are wanting to meter customers electricity usage doesn't it? and provides some justification as to why some charge £5-£6 per night for hook up.
I wonder how many days usage, under the same conditions, I could get out of a 6/7kg Calor.
Please DONT bother to try and convince me I need a Safefill or similar,
I have the water heating on electric, but its just for washing as we use the sites showers and washing up facilities. The heating has been one since arrival. Daytime set at 19⁰ and night time at 13⁰ (can't have a hot bedroom) and we ate out at the pub next door last night. In addition I dropped the stat down to 14⁰ whilst we went off for a 3 hour walk earlier. Fridge was pre-cooled before leaving home.
On arrival I reset my power meter as I wanted to see what my electrical consumption was.
I have just checked and since arrival I have used 23 Kwh
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So assuming that electricity is around 28p per Kwh My 24 hours of consumption will have cost in the region of £6.50
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The pitch fee is £36 per night, so, if lucky, the CMC will have made just under £30
So this experience clearly shows exactly why campsites are wanting to meter customers electricity usage doesn't it? and provides some justification as to why some charge £5-£6 per night for hook up.
I wonder how many days usage, under the same conditions, I could get out of a 6/7kg Calor.
Please DONT bother to try and convince me I need a Safefill or similar,