No Calor Gas bottles

As does yours if you quote those sort of differences in prices? 

I was just comparing ,your prices with what would be the reality

My prices ? I've quoted no prices on site fees AFAIK.

Equally the differential between a EHU pitch and a non- EHU pitch is usually around £15-£20 per night and that's a lot of 'leccy.

sorry CY have I got this right, are you saying the price difference between an EHU pitch and non EHU is £15 to £20 per night? An extra £15+ per night for EHU? What site(s) is that? 

Sorry I was looking at cybers post

Agree with you on the fridge / freezer. Ours fairly gobbles gas. I didn’t install the system with a view to saving money, more the need not to manhandle heavy cylinders. However, as it turns out , over its life it will more than pay for itself even with our limited off grid camping.

Do not agree re the prices. Where we have used off grid, two Aires were more expensive than those with a 6 amp supply. It’s all about location sometimes, rather than cost.

CY, the CL we have just left, one that you have used, had a price difference of £3 between non and EHU pitches, ie £12 for non EHU and £15 with hookup.

I posted on another thread that things don't have to be an 'either/or' these days. Also, the decision doesn't have to involve the installation of a 12v only fridge unit.

with a 3way fridge and a good sunny solar set up, some regulators can send a signal to the fridge to switch to 12v (like when driving, but when parked) and make use of excess sunshine once batteries are full...say by mid morning.

this would reduce gas usage when off grid, switching back to gas only when solar supply can't keep up with fridge 12v use.

My apologies if my previous post created confusion. I was, of course, comparing the differential between a non EHU CL and the average CAMC/commercial price as was picked up by JVB.

Back on track, I tried to locate a Calor Lite refill end of last week as after 5 seasons and a winter trip on the horizon it is finally running very low. I used the Calor website to find agents and phoned up those in my surrounding area. No luck and then eventually I chanced upon a listing for my local C&MC site, Southport. They had two and I duly relieved them of one. How had I managed to miss the potential source is beyond me, so it could be worth a try if you are in need and as daft as I am.

On another forum a fellow van owner was also searching and came across a change in Calor bottle rental agreement that was not detailed on there site. You can now only swap bottles on a like for like basis, ie exactly the same bottle when it come to the Calor Lite, such is the short supply still.

Colin

It's all worth a repeat mention Colin as supplies are still short. There was a discussion on BBC Radio 4 at lunchtime today about the general delay in supplies and it appears to be mostly down to a lack of delivery drivers. They were hoping the shorter Covid isolation rules might improve the situation.