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Caravan hook up
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Hi I am fitting a caravan hook up on the wall next to the dno incomer box. No wires exposed. Do I still require an earth rod. The earth bond will be prob 1 ft long inside so not exposed. I know if I fit the box away using swa then yes earth rod would be used.
Ukpn appoligies, not April 1st yet but I feel that a very high precentage of caravan/motorhome and campers don't actually know the dangers of connecting to their homes. I don't think they care much when ordering a new 25m orange cable from China or that they can buy an adaptor to plug the leisure vehicle into there home. Not even the manuals for vans have anything in them about the dangers. It comes down to education for consumers. Not anyone in this fourm as you all know. If they sell that adaptor they assume its safe. The times I have seen people on sites removing the plug from the caravan and starting to coil it up whilst still connected to hook up. Anyway I have gained a vast amount of knowledge about cables now, but I think with tech like the new devices for ev chargers someone can sell this as a safety feature at the right price to consumers, but the regs are slow to bring in new tech for use in this area. The first thing that should be done is to ban the adapter which allows them to connect to a house and make sure more caravan manufactures and dealers sell a caravan with a home hook up as part of the deal, everyone is a winner in the end.
Ukpn appoligies, not April 1st yet but I feel that a very high precentage of caravan/motorhome and campers don't actually know the dangers of connecting to their homes. I don't think they care much when ordering a new 25m orange cable from China or that they can buy an adaptor to plug the leisure vehicle into there home. Not even the manuals for vans have anything in them about the dangers. It comes down to education for consumers. Not anyone in this fourm as you all know. If they sell that adaptor they assume its safe. The times I have seen people on sites removing the plug from the caravan and starting to coil it up whilst still connected to hook up. Anyway I have gained a vast amount of knowledge about cables now, but I think with tech like the new devices for ev chargers someone can sell this as a safety feature at the right price to consumers, but the regs are slow to bring in new tech for use in this area. The first thing that should be done is to ban the adapter which allows them to connect to a house and make sure more caravan manufactures and dealers sell a caravan with a home hook up as part of the deal, everyone is a winner in the end.
