Hi barny.

You're probably aware of the formula. We have a low wattage kettle and toaster as we do a lot of our touring abroad where low amperage in quite normal.

Mrs R is quite often seen working out in her head Amps = Watts/Volts

Therefore a low wattage kettle (900w) + a low wattage toaster (700w) = 1600w

A = 1600/230 = 7amps therefore quite good on a 10amp site (not so good on a 6amp site )

These look OK to me:-

https://www.caravanaccessoryshop.co.uk/p...w-240v-1-7l/543

https://www.caravanaccessoryshop.co.uk/p...700w-white/1858

but there are probably cheaper ones around.

Randa

There is another way of looking at it - instead of using two weedy low-wattage 'caravan' appliances at the same time, why not use a decent kettle then unplug it and use a decent toaster while your cup of splosh is brewing?

That way you get water which hasn't taken an hour to boil, and toast which doesn't look as if it needs to be treated for acute anaemia.

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We always only use the kettle independently of the toaster wherever we camp (old habits and all that ) but we found that a normal kettle used in many of the campsites in the far south of France and bits of Spain and Italy, was forever tripping the EHU.

Many of these campsites are 5amp or even as low as 3 amp.

At one camp site we were fortunate enough to benefit from another caravanner's misfortune. His car and van were terminally broken down so he had to clear out all his belongings before being transported home and seeing us having to boil water in a saucepan he donated his nearly new low amp kettle to us as we couldn't find one to purchase locally.

Randa

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #9

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...seeing us having to boil water in a saucepan...

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Quote: Pepé Le Pew wrote in post #10

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Can't you buy ordinary kettles in France? You know, the kind that you put on the gas and it whistles La Marseillaise when the water's cooked?

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Quote: Randa france wrote in post #11

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The Box of Smilies:- Yes, I noticed that yesterday and although they disappeared at roughly the time the Xmas Emoticons were added I can see no apparent link. I'm looking in to it at the moment.

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