So i made one out of a standard blue 3 pin plug, some flex and a socket on the end!! Mrs w'son wasnt impressed as she'd seen others that had such fangle dangle things as rcd's on them and three plugs etc, i tried to explain that there is an rcd at the source of the power and that we weren't planning on powering a canvas version of buck palace with our one socket!!! But to no avail!!! Anyone else rustled up an rcd version???
why? there is an RCD on the outlet...
tell her to stick to cooking or something....;-)
You could stick one of these on to keep her happy
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-GANG-EXTENSION-LEAD-RCD-/140752903138?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Electrical_Fittings_MJ&hash=item20c586dbe2#ht_2231wt_1140 ]4 gang RCD[/url]
So long as the flex you are using is up to the job it should be fine - is sufficiently rated to carry the load over the distance and the insulation is robust enough (and visible enough) to use outside. I've seen 30m homebrew extensions made out of flex for table lamps with a 4 gang and redrads and halogen sitelights at the other end
Trouble with that 4 gang above is the RCD is at the wrong end of the cable - no point having an unprotected cable running through wet grass and an RCD at the far end it - its doing nothing.
However the only reason you'd need an RCD at the plug end of the cable is if you were were hooking up to power in a less formal setting than a managed campsite - running a cable in through the farmers kitchen window or something, or camping in your own back garden, somewhere where the socket you are connecting to isn't specced for taking power outdoors - but like you say a campsite hookup will already be protected
My shop bought hook up is little more than that ......
But
I bought it for hooking my welding plant up to the mains though due to heavier duty than normal extensions for high current long time use. Ive stuck a plug n one end and the male end of the blue plug is on my welder
Jobs a good un. Makes a kettle on you set up seem rather tame.
Very good point and well made re the rcd. Just tried to re explain this and once again met with I want a proper one 🙄
Between 60 and 40 sheets on bloody go outdoors!!
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Have you been giving in to her all your married life?
If yes, buy a 'proper' one.
If no, do NOT start now.
Just do what they do in Nigeria where I was last week; a couple of pieces of hooked steel rod, some rubber gloves, hook them over the cables on the distribution post and voila! Free electricity!
Just buy a RCD socket if you / she is worries.
http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/390207188648?var=lv<yp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&cbt=y
or this consumer unit mounted on a bit of ply, kind of a mini builders board.
but like you say a campsite hookup [s]will[/s][b]should[/b] already be protected
FTFY
I don't go to campsites, and certainly not with electricity so not sure what they are like, but marina's are notorious for: earth connections that aren't wired to anything at the far end; live & neutral the wrong way round etc... ...not sure why a campsite will actually be any better.
Two rcds in a series circuit are prone to nuisance tripping.
I put one together for camping, its a double RCD protected socket (like a domestic one) but housed in an IP67 box, that actually seals the plug inside also. Them Go-Outdoors type ones are ok but the plugs are open to the elements (ie. dripping water...leaking tents) when you've a plug in one of the sockets. Cable is the proper 16a stuff, that's meant for outdoor use. Cost about the same as the Go-Outdoors one but I felt safer knowing it was waterproof. Socket was from EBay IIRC. You can tell the proper ones because the cable is seriously thick, way thicker than any std extension lead you'll buy.
Just stick your one in a clear plactic bag and print off a DIY label and spend the money saved on beer n bikes. Everyones happy.
Any lamposts near ,if so ask a pikey
I've got the Go-outdoors one and it's actually pretty good. Cheaper than the cost of the parts. The cable is decent quality, I'm currently running my shed from it while I rewire: lathe, pillar drill, power tools, lighting, etc, slighly more kit than I take camping. That said if you already have the cable then a an RCD trailing socket will be a cheap addition to your DIY lead.
Not every hookup I've used has had an RCD at the source. My old seasonal van pitch didn't for a start.