Blue 16A round pin socket - flap broken off

Doesn’t the one without the flap originally ( the ‘base’ of the Y ) have pins and accepts the lead from the bollard. The end which plugs into that point should have a flap and female connectors. The other end of the EHU lead- the bollard end- has pins. The bollard has female connectors.

I assume you have a short lead from one top branch of the Y to the input of the Motorhome. Just use the broken branch first. When you want to have power outside, use the one with the flap.

That said SOME site wardens object to the use of such connectors or even connecting two EHU leads together.

I never had a problem but I’ve seen a few ‘discussions’ on sites.

Especially if the second 'device' is car charging. The big increase in demand thus caused is upending the economics of supply to each pitch and means the whole site needs to be rewired to carry that increased demand.

Be mindful that not all goods coming in from certain countries comply with our safety laws or have UKCA marking & audit trail.

For this reason alone I refuse to buy rechargeable batteries or USB chargers from companies whose names sound foreign and where they have a different H&S culture to us.

I always try to buy from know provenance such as Anker or Belkin or Startech....

I also steer clear of Temu, JD, Aliexpress. There are drop shippers on both eBay and Amazon who resell at a decent mark up stuff that has come from Temu, JD or AliExpress....

I know I end up paying more but better than a death or a burnt down home....

I avoid the ones with branding that's more appropriate for pyrotechnics.

While I’ve never looked into the detail*, I understand if you what to charge an EV / hybrid on your pitch, it must be connected via your caravan or motorhome, not direct to a bollard. Plus one Club charges £9 per day extra.

But to look at it another way, isn't there the old adage that they probably come out of the same factory and you are just paying extra for the brand name?

It's an adage, but it's a lazy one.

First of all, the design is likely to be different. eg Tesco Value Sausages (40% meat) and Tesco Finest Sausages (100% meat) might be made in the same factory but the ingredients and recipe are different.

Secondly, brands may have strict agreements on factories not also making competitor products. Apple's iPhone factories, while under contract to Apple, don't also make knockoff iPhones to sell on the grey market.

Now, there are a few cases where it might be true. One is a brand just slapping their label on a product from an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)

- the brand just went on Alibaba, found a pre-existing product and ordered a few thousand in the brand's colour scheme and logo. In which case, you can often tell because the product is otherwise identical to the ODM product. (it's a fun game to search Alibaba and see if you can spot a match)

The other is if the brand contracts with a factory to produce XXXX units, and the factory steals the design and runs a nightshift or a second line to produce YYYY units to sell on the grey market. But since this is illegal there's no guarantee that the components used in the grey products are to the same spec as those in the official products - perhaps they are rejects. Maybe knockoff Tesco Finest sausages contain horse meat: when you're committing crime it makes more money to commit extra crime.

For power supplies, I'd look to see if Big Clive or someone like that has done a teardown video - you can usually tell quality by the physical construction.

Theo

See also the Trump phone.

The down (male) part of the Y goes directly into the (female) electrical socket on the side of the camper/caravan/whatever.

This then leaves you with two female sockets instead of one.

You plug the site lead into one female socket, then plug a different lead into the now live second female socket. In our case this is a short extension with a 13A 3 pin rubber socket which can be used to power up electrical cooking devices to cook outside, or to charge my eBike which doesn't have a removable battery.

Neither application is suitable in wet weather but a weather proof extension lead in a waterproof box could solve this issue.

Cheers

Dave R

That caused me to go looking. Google tells me: Anker is a Chinese company. Belkin is owned by Foxconn - a Taiwanese company. Startech is based in London (Ontario) - but manufacturing is of course based in China (and Taiwan).

I'm not suggesting their kit is suspect, but they all are foreign and I can't comment on their H&S culture.

You seem to have a strange mix of genders but it takes all kinds.

That will not be a problem since it appears the fine print says they do not guarantee to ever actually supply a phone in return for all those $100 donations/deposits.

I work with what I have.

The male/female is standard for camping applications.