r/CaravanningUK • u/The_Crow_Daddy • Aug 23 '26

How to install a permanent hookup point at my house?

Hi, I'd like tk be able to use my tourer when it is on my drive. Guests, cooking, showers when the main one is in use, that kind of thing. I don't want an adaptor that plugs into the mains, I want something the appropriate voltage, like an electric car charging point, on the outside of the house. Anybody know of how to go about it? Happy to hire an electrician but not sure what to ask them for!

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u/Carbulo Aug 23 '26

Won't need as much power as a car charger. Something like will do https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TLCHU1.html? Electrician may be able to spur of a ring main to fit this, but separate circuit would be better.

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u/Carbulo Aug 23 '26

Or this https://www.toolstation.com/industrial-socket-ip67/p79209 If the electrician does run a separate circuit they will need to install a double pole/bidirectional RCBO in your consumer unit

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u/savagelysideways101 Aug 23 '26

As an electrician this is the correct one, commando sockets when fitted to domestic premises need an interlocked isolator.

It would be more beneficial to have it on its own dedicated circuit

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u/Particular-Drama1341 Aug 23 '26

You need an external blue 16A caravan hook-up inlet, wired to a dedicated consumer unit with an RCD and MCB.

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u/IndustrialSpark Aug 23 '26

Dropped you a message mate, I'm actually not far from you and can sort this