<html dir="ltr"><head></head><body style="text-align:left; direction:ltr;"><div>On Sat, 2019-06-22 at 01:23 +0100, Paul Allen wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 23:56, Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-1778990050617272792gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 04:53, Paul Allen <<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com" target="_blank">pla16021@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Having power_supply=yes indicates that the socket type is unknown, </div></div><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>But wouldn't that default as the country you're in? If you're in Britain, it's a British socket, so you need a "British" plug (or an International adaptor!) to plug in, in Australia an Oz socket & so on.</div></div></div><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's not that simple. Indoors in the UK it's a BS1363 socket. Outdoors on a camp site it will most</div><div>likely be a CEE 17 blue single-phase. But it's possible you might get CEE 17 red three-phase</div><div>in some situations. I've a vague memory there are other connectors used in marine applications.</div><div>Also, although BS1363 connectors are for indoor usage, it's possible to get weatherproof</div><div>housings for external use. So even in just the UK, if a camp site says power hook-ups are</div><div>available you can't be sure what connector is used. Most likely CEE 17 blue, but maybe not.</div><div> </div></div></div></blockquote><div>On camp sites in the UK and France the hook-up is a CEE 17 blue single-phase in my experience. </div><div><br></div><div>I would assume the rest of Europe is the same although have not camped outside UK and France since I have been of an age where I appreciate electricity in a tent.</div><div><br></div><div>Phil (trigpoint)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>