Cost of EHU at CLs

We don't heat the van when its sat at home. 
 

We rarely do. As it is set at 5C it rarely comes on

We don't heat the van when its sat at home.

We are the same TG, although it is virtually never left there for more than 3 weeks. When on site in the winter, and we are going out, we usually leave the heating on if we expect to be way for a hour or so, but switch it off if we are to be out all day. Unless it's very very cold we switch the heating off when we go to be, as I can't sleep in a hot atmosphere, switching it back on about 6:30 so the van's nice and warm when we eventually get up..

We've never heated the van when its sat at home, even when we lived in Germany, where winter was much harsher than here.

It could go for weeks sometimes months rarely getting above 0c.

Its not until I joined CT did I realise that some folk do heat there vans 

We shall be off to a CL shortly. We are out off pitch all day every day, and only have heating on in evening for a few hours. It goes off overnight, then we put little cab radiator on early morning while we have a coffee in bed. After that we are up, washed and off away from Site. We don't cost much to have as visitors😁

Thank you David. It just reminds me why I so rarely respond to posts other than in the foreign section.

I love CLs and use them most of the time and wanted to give a bit of support to CL owners. With all their overheads they aren't making much out of running a CL and I am grateful for the opportunities they give me to stay in some glorious places.

Like some others have said I turn our heating down four or five degrees if we are going out for hours, and we run it very low overnight but, while I agree probably the majority do the same, I don't believe everyone does.

When going out for the day, I always turn everything off lest there be some malfunction. I have noticed, however, that there is a significant draught coming from the floor vents which doesn't aid heat retention when it's cold outside.

it depends how comfortable you are in different temperatures....

OH and i certainly are different in that respect...i dont like to be cold and she doesnt like to be hot...

however, when its pretty cold out, we are happy to leave the heating on low to stop the van from getting cold if we are out all day, as that might mean having to ramp up heating on returning.

do we do things differently on a CL to a site?...no not really, nor on a THS site where we will be using our own gas....

if we want the van to be warm, we use the heating, but turn it down (but not off) while out for the day.

id be happy with a CL charging more to recoup cost in winter, total contrast to Club sites where the price zooms up as the costs come down

Jenny

We don't leave the heating on during the day when we are out because if you have been walking in cold weather even if the temperature dropped in the van it is usually still warmer than it is outside! However, having just having spent four nights away with night time (and daytime!) sub zero temperatures we do leave the heating on at night albeit at a lower level than during the day. When we caravanned we tended not to do that but motorhomes can be a bit draughty around the cab area, we are also 7 years older so don't know if that makes a difference! Perhaps we all have it wrong on CL/Campsite charges in the winter and maybe need to accept that energy use does warrant additional charges? We have just paid £19.90 a night for Bladon Chains which is the lowest price CMC site we have used all year.(As an aside given the popularity of the site at this time of year I expect it will be higher next year!) 

David

Whilst we had our caravans we only ever visited one CL and didn't require much heating. Now we have a MH and are looking for more stops local to places, we may well utilise them. However, I don't like to be cold. I would expect the CL owner to charge a realistic rate and would have no problem in higher prices in winter, or do as CholseyGrange does. Personally we leave the heating on when we go out, a couple of degrees lower than what we normally have it set. Given how good the insulation is, I don't think that uses any more energy than letting the van cool down and then having it on high to warm it up. To me it's not a case of I have paid for it so I'll use it but I am prepared to pay for it so I can use it.

Oh we don't go tripping any bollards and use it on the lower setting if the amperage requires. However, since we've had the MH heating, fridge and battery charger are the only things on the EHU. Kettles, toasters etc are now all gas.