What I was getting at is as @matty says - it should be a male -appliance inlet not a female socket mounted on the van - hard to tell from your photo as it has a flap covering the pins , as Marty says if you have a socket fitted your lead from the hook up will have live pins exposed before plugging in Here’s mine :
That'll stump the ' fixed Wiring Regs' brigade - having a plug on it, like a big old washing machine ! An RCD protected Consumer Unit won't be much use if someone has a socket installed as the inlet, especially if they plug the lead in at the serviced pitch unit, then walks back across damp grass with flip flops on, holding a 'live plug !
I agree, but there seems to be a few vans that have the socket arrangement, so there must be plug-to-plug leads being used, hopefully plugged into the van first, before the serviced pillar?
ahhh.. ok understand the question now. it's a normal inlet just with a cover plate to keep the road crud out. male connectors. my hook up lead has a cover plate on the female end too, so i need to lift both the cover on the cable and the cover on the bus to plug in. https://www.towsure.com/surface-mounting-caravan-mains-electric-inlet
It their choice mate... after all its only a portable appliance. Its only pesky regulations that make you fit the right inlet...
Oh! So mine is wrong ? I Have a covered female socket on the Bay in which I inherited and my lead is an exposed male and of course if it drops out on wet grass as you say and I do risk assessments on site How embarrassing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk