What kind of electrical sockets are used in French campsites?

Question

I know in UK the Commando style socket is used. Is it the same in France?

Answer 1

If you go along to a good caravan/camping accessories shop and ask for advice there they will sell you an adaptor which  you plug into the french campsite mains supply. This adaptor has about 30cms of cable attached to an "English-style" mains socket into which you can plug your normal 20metre mains cable. One little word of warning: french campsite electicity supply is sometimes wired up to reverse polarity so you should also buy a polarity tester while you're at it. You can also buy a polarity reversing adaptor to use if (and it's a small if) you do have the misfortune to come across this. I have camped and caravanned in France since the 1960's and have only come across this about 5 times.

Answer 2

They use those, with an earth grounding pin.

http://www.abix.fr/prod/80/807530_5.jpg

You can use either the plug on the picture or a smaller two pins one like this one.

http://www.boutique-sante-voyage.fr/imag...

Answer 3

What yu need is an adaptor which converts UK two and three pin plugs to foreign sockets instantly.  I have one of these for use when going to Europa for my holidays - they just don't know how to make tea, so I usually boil up in my hotel room.

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DESIGN-GO LTD

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