Prompted by a reply on another thread I thought I'd share my solution to the reverse polarity often encountered in the continent.
There is a consensus among many that a reverse polarity issue isn't something to worry about, but in some cases certain appliances can be in a "live" state even if the switch is off.
I have often left the reverse polarity concern as it is but this solution works well and to boot, if you need to tap into a supply that has no points left this can help too as a splitter.
I really dont know why our continental neighbours dont bother about polarity, maybe they dont bond their neutrals like we do here, but maybe its best being safe than sorry. Ive generally found the wiring on the continent to be inferior to the British/Irish regulations.
It began as a standard 240v 16a, 3 way splitter. I removed one socket, swapped the live/neutral and painted the socket a different colour to identify it and added a simple label.
Now if the reversed polarity light illuminates in the van its a simple matter of plugging this into the post, plugging the EHU lead into the 'gold' socket and that sorts the reverse polarity.
A simple and easy solution that doubles as a handy splitter on the 2 other ports if required.
There is a consensus among many that a reverse polarity issue isn't something to worry about, but in some cases certain appliances can be in a "live" state even if the switch is off.
I have often left the reverse polarity concern as it is but this solution works well and to boot, if you need to tap into a supply that has no points left this can help too as a splitter.
I really dont know why our continental neighbours dont bother about polarity, maybe they dont bond their neutrals like we do here, but maybe its best being safe than sorry. Ive generally found the wiring on the continent to be inferior to the British/Irish regulations.
It began as a standard 240v 16a, 3 way splitter. I removed one socket, swapped the live/neutral and painted the socket a different colour to identify it and added a simple label.
Now if the reversed polarity light illuminates in the van its a simple matter of plugging this into the post, plugging the EHU lead into the 'gold' socket and that sorts the reverse polarity.
A simple and easy solution that doubles as a handy splitter on the 2 other ports if required.