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UK sites with metered electricity

eurortraveller replied on 11/11/2021 09:59

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eurortraveller

from Cornwall

Posted on 11/11/2021 09:59

Can people please post some examples of UK sites where electricity.usage is metered.

The one I know of is Pier Collage on the waterside at Coniston - a family owned site with 15 pitches . The system there is to pay on departure for the amount of electricity used, but other sites sell pre paid cards on arrival, so comments on the different ways of working may be helpful.

Likes and dislikes will inevitably crop up - they always do on here - but I was rather looking for practical ways of working. 

 

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Cornersteady replied on 23/11/2021 12:46

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Cornersteady

Caravanner from Tyne & Wear
Posted on 23/11/2021 08:30 by peedee

If you don't need all the club offers then why do you keep using them so much and why be so focused with getting meters installed on club sites? I recall a previous post where you said that number of club sites for you was quite high? Why not use those simpler sites and where meters are more common?

Why are you so obsessed with my site usage Corners? Not for the first time either, it adds nothing to the discussion.

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Posted on 23/11/2021 12:46

I'm not and other have posted on it as well. I would say it does add.

The thing you're posting daily on having meters on club sites but say you now don't need clubs sites, it just doesn't add up PD? If you used club sites a lot then it would make sense?

 

JVB66 replied on 23/11/2021 13:52

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JVB66

Campervanner from Hertfordshire
Posted on 11/11/2021 10:34 by brue

At Standcliffe House CL we paid money into a meter and used up any spare left by the previous occupants. All ok.

At Cholsey Grange CL we had an allowance included in the site fee and any excess was payable after the final meter reading. All ok.

In both cases we were more careful with the usage, it stops wastage.

Posted on 23/11/2021 13:52

Do chosley grange or other the other cl have auto reading of the meter or are they manualy read by the owner? do you know if the rates for ehu also included the calibration  and other costs or just the electricity as the owners paid ? 

brue replied on 23/11/2021 14:07

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brue

Motorhomer

Posted on 23/11/2021 14:07

The pay as you go meter is just that and I expect they are inspected. C Grange read the meters when we stayed but I don't know if this has changed since their upgrade. Details will be on the CL site pages. If you were running a CL JVB you would no doubt factor all extra costs into the nightly charge otherwise you would make a loss.

Next year, when utility contracts get renewed we will no doubt see price rises on CAMC sites due to the very big rise in supply costs. Every user contributes to rising costs. We are on a dual fuel contract at home, we will see big rises when this comes to an end.

nelliethehooker replied on 23/11/2021 20:34

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nelliethehooker

Caravanner from Cumberland
Posted on 22/11/2021 21:44 by Tinwheeler

Id like to think our members are better than that👍🏻

Posted on 23/11/2021 20:34

Looking at the condition that some "members" leave the toilet blocks in I wouldn't put it past some taking full advantage of "free" electricity to charge their vehicles, I'm sorry to say.

Tinwheeler replied on 23/11/2021 20:39

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Campervanner from Cornwall
Posted on 23/11/2021 20:34 by nelliethehooker

Looking at the condition that some "members" leave the toilet blocks in I wouldn't put it past some taking full advantage of "free" electricity to charge their vehicles, I'm sorry to say.

Posted on 23/11/2021 20:39

That sounds like an argument for provision of more non facility sites, Nellie😁

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Posted on 23/11/2021 20:34 by nelliethehooker

Looking at the condition that some "members" leave the toilet blocks in I wouldn't put it past some taking full advantage of "free" electricity to charge their vehicles, I'm sorry to say.

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Cornersteady replied on 23/11/2021 21:23

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Cornersteady

Caravanner from Tyne & Wear
Posted on 23/11/2021 20:34 by nelliethehooker

Looking at the condition that some "members" leave the toilet blocks in I wouldn't put it past some taking full advantage of "free" electricity to charge their vehicles, I'm sorry to say.

Posted on 23/11/2021 21:23

In all my many years of using many club sites, almost exclusively, I've never come across this problem, how many club sites have you found this on? 

Also I'm not sure there is a direct correlation between this problem and trying to charge an EV without paying? smile

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