Hook up on your van

Can you get transgender ones? Think I’ve seen them in the Guardian.

 

they will all change eventually ...

 

Is that portable/transportable or fixed. I have no idea it appears.

 

It’s a bi-curious installation. It’s in the Regs, Section 28.

 

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 !

 

True but where would you get a male to male hook up lead unless you made it yourself?

 

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...

 

and its only a bit of electric!

 

I know, could avoid all this with an extension lead arrangement instead !

 

Maybe a cycle generator would be more environmentally friendly , no hooks required

 

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



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How did I know this thread would be at least six pages long.

 

That's what happens if you start a sparky fight...

 

Can you tell me the lotto numbers for Saturday please

 

I havent started yet! Too busy. Expect another 6 pages!

 

Keep your guard up, and keep moving. He may get a lucky punch in...

 

Missed a bullet there chap!