Providing electricity to a caravan site

stablegirl

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North
We are in the very early stages of considering a small caravan site on the farm.

Our preferred site is 500m from the main farm, what size armoured cable would be required to provide 5 16amp electrical hook up points at this distance?
 

Andy26

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Arable Farmer
Location
Northants
25mm SWA at a minimum even that won't provide much current capacity at such a distance. It will be very expensive circa £5k for 500m.
 

Sid

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Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
We are in the very early stages of considering a small caravan site on the farm.

Our preferred site is 500m from the main farm, what size armoured cable would be required to provide 5 16amp electrical hook up points at this distance?
I think you will struggle as the size of cable required will become too costly over that distance.
Our barn conversion is 500m away from our incoming supply. I asked our electrician about an underground cable and he wouldn't even entertain it.
The resistance over that distance sucks the power.

Ask an electrician as its a complicated calculation.
 

Barleycorn

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BASE UK Member
Location
Hampshire
We are planning a campsite. No electricity currently, but had a quote of £30,000 + vat for 125 Kw. Going solar / gas for next year and see how it pans out.
 

TheTallGuy

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Location
Cambridgeshire
We are in the very early stages of considering a small caravan site on the farm.

Our preferred site is 500m from the main farm, what size armoured cable would be required to provide 5 16amp electrical hook up points at this distance?
Assuming that your supply is single phase and all 5 points run at 16A gives a load of 80A, at 500m & with 5% voltage drop I come out with 240mm2 cable... o_O

Spreading the load on three phase gets you down to of 32A/phase & comes down to 35mm2 cable, which is considerably cheaper & easier to deal with!

Useful calculator here http://www.doncastercables.com/technical-help/

As ever, you will need to speak to a proper electrician if you go ahead - preferably one who knows about the requirements for hook up points.
 

nick...

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Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
I had a supply put in for my pig shed devolopment 5 years ago now.I done all the groundwork,uk powernetworks put the cable in the trench and I got a few quid change out of £10k.that was for 286 metres of cable
nick...
 

stablegirl

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Location
North
Caravanners run generators themselves, big generators can be pretty quiet and possibly sound proofed a bit away from the the site.

The other option is as you say off grid possibly with Solar panels for some electric.
 

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