SoundGuy wrote:
.. here in the Ontario provincial park system 100' + runs to the campsite power post are quite common ... this past summer at Inverhuron PP the post measured right at 200'
2oldman wrote:
Why?
If you're asking "why" the run to the power post may often be quite long there are several reasons. Generally, one post serves two adjacent sites with each site assigned 30 amp and 15 amp service, each protected by their own breaker ... but because of the topography of the ground one site could be within 25' to 50' of the post while the adjacent site could easily be twice that, or more. :E Secondly, when running to the post one would normally want to dress the main service cable to least interfere with walking around the site and that naturally means a longer cable run than if one were to run straight to the post "as the crow flies". In Ontario provincial parks that have been built or re-built in recent years, the aforementioned Inverhuron PP being one example, the main power trunk lines are buried along the campground roads with cables servicing each post running a short distance into the woods surrounding the site. Sites in many cases are quite generous, generally far larger than any state park, national park, or COE campsites we've ever come across in the US so that in turn means one's trailer can be set well back from the road and therefore the campsite power post. At minimum I'd always suggest anyone camping in the Ontario provincial park system carry at least one 50' main service cable in addition to the 25' cable most often supplied with a trailer ... that will at least get you out 75' but in a pinch most provincial parks do keep a few 25' extensions on hand that can be rented for the duration of one's stay. When camping in the US I normally only take one 25' extension in addition to the trailer's 25' main service cable but here in Ontario I take everything I own. ;)
