Gifting our TC
What gifts have you purchased for your TC during these hectic days of shopping? In the comfort of our home, I ordered 2 camping chairs, 2 dual USB chargers to plug into 12 volt outlets, portable wirel...
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Also, possibly another gift for the camper, or maybe for us - I'm ordering the 2014 book of French Aires - municipal campgrounds / overnight parking areas in villages - closer to staying in Walmart car parks than in a normal commercial campground - good for quick overnight stops when travelling. Got to start getting stuff to prepare for next year's travels.
Diplostrat - I think everyone would be interested to hear more about your new camper - maybe you could start another thread about it to save us hijacking this one.
One last point though:
Given the weather in Europe I will take whatever electricity I can get, so don't rule out a transformer. Electrical tools on construction sites (so get wet) are generally 110v over here - I don't know how sensitive your electrics will be to 115v at 60Hz v. 110v at 50Hz, but if not then < $150 should get you a small transformer as used on construction sites, you could then create an adapter cable to run your camper. Outside of summer we usually stay in campgrounds with electricity meaning we can run the fridge / small electric heater / computers / etc. off their electricity.
Also, devices like computer power supplies can often take anything from 100v to 250v.
Steve.
Diplostrat - I think everyone would be interested to hear more about your new camper - maybe you could start another thread about it to save us hijacking this one.
One last point though:
DiploStrat wrote:
As close to total independence from shore power as possible, to allow extended operation in Europe without worrying about transformers.
Given the weather in Europe I will take whatever electricity I can get, so don't rule out a transformer. Electrical tools on construction sites (so get wet) are generally 110v over here - I don't know how sensitive your electrics will be to 115v at 60Hz v. 110v at 50Hz, but if not then < $150 should get you a small transformer as used on construction sites, you could then create an adapter cable to run your camper. Outside of summer we usually stay in campgrounds with electricity meaning we can run the fridge / small electric heater / computers / etc. off their electricity.
Also, devices like computer power supplies can often take anything from 100v to 250v.
Steve.
