Metered CL

 Think you are over egging it KjeIIn, even in the land known as eutophia by some, I reckon to use less than 10Kw per day and that is with fridge running overtime, electric water heater on permanent, you should not need much lighting this time of year especially if you are north of the border, we do not watch tv but we normally have toast etc for breakfast, normally eat small lunch out then fish on gas bbq with sald for dinner, sometimes romoska  

at 10kw = £3 per day x 2 = £6 max and you are saving £10 on pitch fees seems like a bargain to me

Not complaining at all Rufs.   The saving on the pitch fee is very good.

 The gas (Alde system) heats water much more quickly and at half or less the cost of using electricity, so no need to leave it on all the time.  Fridge/freezer we know uses 4 kWh per 24 hours on electricity, so rather than leaving it on gas while out, we will probably use electricity for that.   

Then kettle, microwave, coffee machine, toaster, and maybe the little electric oven on one evening, the gas one makes the van too hot in summer, as does leaving the HW on all the time

Should be only about 6kWh then.

Will decide once we see how it all works.  Presumably with a coin meter anything not used would be left for the next visitor.

K, I am surprised you bother to do such detailed arithmetic .If you would use electricity at home then use it  in the caravan instead. A straight swap and at the same cost.

The gas you plan to use is a fossil fuel, imported from goodness knows where, and causing pollution as you burn it. But  the electricity will be clean, green and from renewable sources. So put the money in the meter. Help save the planet 

 

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I can see the ?Club  installing meters ,BUT what's the betting the Pitch Fee will still be going up.

See here -

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/useful-information/smart-metering-trial/

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How do you know the electricity is from renewable sources?  A lot is still produced by gas fired power stations.

At home we would usually be heating with gas, and cooling and cooking with electricity.

However, in summer  most of our daytime electricity is coming from our solar panels and is definitely green and renewable, and of course free, so we are also using it for heating water.

I thought it could be interesting for others to relate our experiences, if more sites are metered, and if you go away in winter, then the costs will be much greater, and alternatives more relevant.

It will be interesting to read your feedback K, especially for a CL. That seems a reasonable price drop to me👍 £15 for a serviced set up on HS sounds ok, it’s then up to you how much you spend on electric. Thanks for this.

It may be of interest to you to look at this recent article about why CL sites are metering, and advice on how to save some pennies whilst on a metered site.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Vfn7K9_d8RrCexPPzmxlcKlufeNy4kr/view?usp=share_link