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I do a bit of tent camping and don't use electrical hook-ups as I prefer to keep things simple using gas for cooking and a quality coolbox for chilling a few bits of food for a couple of days.
I seem to be in the minority as I've noticed a recent increase in other tent campers having a vast array of electrical kit that they use in tents.
The electric outlet 'posts' at campsites seem to have over-current protection of 10A or 16A and also an RCD. The tent owners then plug in their connection lead and trail it off to the tent. Some people just use a lead going straight to 13A mains socket(s) while others have a connection with it's own built-in RCD to feed the 13A sockets.
Does a circuit that has two RCDs (the campsites and the tent owners) work as they hoped or will it cause problems? If it is okay, then I guess it means the tent owner doesn't have to worry about trusting the site's one. I'm interested in any thoughts and opinions on this.
I seem to be in the minority as I've noticed a recent increase in other tent campers having a vast array of electrical kit that they use in tents.
The electric outlet 'posts' at campsites seem to have over-current protection of 10A or 16A and also an RCD. The tent owners then plug in their connection lead and trail it off to the tent. Some people just use a lead going straight to 13A mains socket(s) while others have a connection with it's own built-in RCD to feed the 13A sockets.
Does a circuit that has two RCDs (the campsites and the tent owners) work as they hoped or will it cause problems? If it is okay, then I guess it means the tent owner doesn't have to worry about trusting the site's one. I'm interested in any thoughts and opinions on this.