THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE 230v ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
As in the home, care must be exercised when
handling mains electricity.
UPON ARRIVAL AT CARAVAN SITE
When connecting the caravan installation to
the mains supply:
1. Check the mains supply is suitable for
your installation and appliances.
2. Check that your installations will be
properly earthed.
3. Never accept a supply from a socket
outlet or plug having only two pins, or
from a lighting outlet.
4. Check that any residual current device
(RCD) or earth leakage circuit breaker
in the mains supply to the caravan has
been tested within the last month. After
connection to site supply, test again.
5. Make sure that the switch at the site
supply point is off.
6. Make sure that the caravan RCD unit is
switched off.
7. Remove any cover from the electricity
inlet provided on the caravan, and insert
the connector of the supply flexible cable.
8. Remove any cover from the socket outlet
provided at the site supply point, and
connect the plug at the other end of the
supply flexible cable to this.
9. Switch on the main switch at the site
supply point.
10. Switch on the caravan RCD unit.
In case of doubt, consult the site owner or their
agent.
UPON LEAVING THE CARAVAN SITE
1. Switch off the site supply.
2. Switch off the caravan RCD unit.
3. Disconnect the pitch lead.
4. Replace the cover of the socket outlet at
the site supply point. It is dangerous to
leave the supply socket or supply flexible
cable live.
If you encounter difficulty consult an approved
electrical installation contractor (which may be
the local electricity board). It is dangerous to
attempt modifications yourself.
Every 12 months, the caravan electrical
installation should be inspected, tested and a
report on its condition obtained as prescribed
in the Regulations for Electrical Installations,
published by the Institute of Electrical
Engineers.
Connection to a mains voltage supply
overseas requires particular attention.
Care must be taken when connecting supplies
abroad since the supplies can be reverse
polarity.
The significance of reverse polarity is that
when equipment is switched may not be
electrically isolated.
The only certain way of making equipment safe
is to unplug it.
A means of checking the polarity of the mains
supply when overseas is useful.
There are several proprietary makes of
equipment available for this purpose. If it can
be achieved, it is preferable to connect live
to live, and neutral to neutral to maintain full
electrical protection.
Check all caravan equipment is set up to accept
the site supply before actually switching on.
The mains unit replaces the conventional fuse
box.
The unit gives overload and earth leakage
protection for the 230v electrical supply in
your caravan.
• All switches on the unit need to be set to
the ON position. The switches on the left
of the unit are known as MCBs (miniature
circuit breakers). These take the place
of the conventional fuse and are more
convenient.
• In the event of a fault the MCB trips/
automatically moves to the OFF position.
• After elimination of the fault the MCB can
be re-set by switching to the ON position.
• If an earth fault develops or a person
was to touch a live piece of equipment
the leakage of current to earth should
immediately operate the RCD (residual
current device) and “trip” the main switch,
to the OFF position.
• This switch is only resettable after
elimination of the fault.
• To re-set, operate the switch as for MCBs
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