Oh I see. The one outside the door would be to plug an electric what ever into when you are in a c p and it's hooked up with the caravan lead via the prongs on the drivers side.
Ok thank you.
Van is 2010, conversion was May 2011, 42000 km so not an oldie.
-- Edited by countryroad on Tuesday 19th of November 2013 04:36:44 PM
countryroad said
05:43 PM Nov 19, 2013
I have 2 external plugs on my new to me campervan.
On the driver side is the caravan plug...I assume as it's a different size.
On the passenger side, side of the wiz bang door is another plug with IP44 on the cover, which I know is all weather dust protection cover, thanks google.
As I can plug a 3 prong plug from the house into this, and it looks like the inside house type do I not now need an amphibian as I can just use an extension lead from the exterior laundry.
Obviously if it was raining I wouldn't use, nor would I leave overnight plugged in.
Thank you in anticipation of clear and simple advice.
Robyn
brian said
07:16 PM Nov 19, 2013
countryroad wrote:
I have 2 external plugs on my new to me campervan.
On the driver side is the caravan plug...I assume as it's a different size.
On the passenger side, side of the wiz bang door is another plug with IP44 on the cover, which I know is all weather dust protection cover, thanks google.
As I can plug a 3 prong plug from the house into this, and it looks like the inside house type do I not now need an amphibian as I can just use an extension lead from the exterior laundry.
Obviously if it was raining I wouldn't use, nor would I leave overnight plugged in.
Thank you in anticipation of clear and simple advice.
Robyn
The one on the drivers side will most likely be the power inlet to the camper, and this is where you would plug the power from the house.
It should have 3 pins that will plug into your extension cord socket.
It may be either 10amp - 3 pins of the same width and thickness but with the earth pin (the vertical one) being a fraction longer - in which case you can use a normal 10 amp extension cord, or it may be 15 amp - where the earth pin is wider than the other two - in which case you would require either a 15 amp connection from the house or an adaption such as the Ampfibian.
You obviously can't plug an extension cord from a power outlet in your house into an identical outlet on the van as that would require the cord to have exposed "prongs" on both ends, which would be extremely dangerous.
The one on the passenger side is probably a power outlet from the camper so that you can use an appliance outside.
KFT said
07:51 PM Nov 19, 2013
A point I would like to make in addition to what Brian has said is if the "inlet" point on your camper is 15 amp then depending on how old it is you may need to purchase a "caravan lead" rather than just a 15 amp lead.
I say this because these days ordinary leads have a shroud on the socket end that will prevent the socket from completely engaging the pins in the inlet and could lead to overheating. A caravan lead has no such shroud and will fit correctly.
just something to look out for.
frank
SnowT said
08:37 PM Nov 19, 2013
The inlet point to give you a pictorial description of what they Look like..
You Plug your power lead into here to provide power to the Van/motor-home..
This is the outlet..
Plug into here to give you power to any outside appliance..
Oh I see.
The one outside the door would be to plug an electric what ever into when you are in a c p and it's hooked up with the caravan lead via the prongs on the drivers side.
Ok thank you.
Van is 2010, conversion was May 2011, 42000 km so not an oldie.
-- Edited by countryroad on Tuesday 19th of November 2013 04:36:44 PM
I have 2 external plugs on my new to me campervan.
On the driver side is the caravan plug...I assume as it's a different size.
On the passenger side, side of the wiz bang door is another plug with IP44 on the cover, which I know is all weather dust protection cover, thanks google.
As I can plug a 3 prong plug from the house into this, and it looks like the inside house type do I not now need an amphibian as I can just use an extension lead from the exterior laundry.
Obviously if it was raining I wouldn't use, nor would I leave overnight plugged in.
Thank you in anticipation of clear and simple advice.
Robyn
The one on the drivers side will most likely be the power inlet to the camper, and this is where you would plug the power from the house.
It should have 3 pins that will plug into your extension cord socket.
It may be either 10amp - 3 pins of the same width and thickness but with the earth pin (the vertical one) being a fraction longer - in which case you can use a normal 10 amp extension cord, or it may be 15 amp - where the earth pin is wider than the other two - in which case you would require either a 15 amp connection from the house or an adaption such as the Ampfibian.
You obviously can't plug an extension cord from a power outlet in your house into an identical outlet on the van as that would require the cord to have exposed "prongs" on both ends, which would be extremely dangerous.
The one on the passenger side is probably a power outlet from the camper so that you can use an appliance outside.
I say this because these days ordinary leads have a shroud on the socket end that will prevent the socket from completely engaging the pins in the inlet and could lead to overheating. A caravan lead has no such shroud and will fit correctly.
just something to look out for.
frank
The inlet point to give you a pictorial description of what they Look like..
You Plug your power lead into here to provide power to the Van/motor-home..
This is the outlet..
Plug into here to give you power to any outside appliance..
Hope this helps you out..
Juergen