Euro cable?

[Dan]

Hi all. I'm just looking at ordering a few essentials for the van when it arrives - mats, seat covers etc. I've been looking at the handover list in the download section on here and it lists a "euro cable". Can anyone enlighten me on what this is? I was assuming it was a hook up lead but as that's included in the starter kit I'm guessing it's not that?! Thanks in advance.

 

[GrannyJen]

I thought it was the two pin hook up lead

 

[Dan]

Wow that was a fast reply. Do you mean the lead that runs from the campsite to the van? I thought that was 3 pin? Also, isn't that included in the starter kit? Is the starter kit one longer?

 

[WelshGas]

Adapter to plug into the Hook-up lead to connect to Continental style 2 pin sockets. Many European sites still use this type of connection. My 2014 California SE came with one as standard. I just bought the UK, 3 pin plug adapter so that I could plug in at home.

 

[Dan]

Ok great. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[CYCLOPATH]

You should find it in the van when you get it
Mine was in the cutlery drawer along with the roof tie down straps, and rear seat table holder.

 

[GrannyJen]

Wow that was a fast reply. Do you mean the lead that runs from the campsite to the van? I thought that was 3 pin? Also, isn't that included in the starter kit? Is the starter kit one longer?

A lot of continental campsites still use a 2 pin connection rather than the three pin that is standard in the UK and now almost standard in Northern Europe and France.

VW therefore provide a 2 pin to three pin adaptor. I have used mine once. A municipal site in Normandy.

Well, it was supposed to be a municipal site but quite frankly I had to check my GPS locator to make sure that I wasn't in the Calais Jungle

Thank goodness it wasn't there on D Day, it would have screwed up 6th Airborne's assault on Pegasus bridge more than a division of SS Panzers could ever have done

 

[estresao]

I've found some camp sites which are swaping to the 3 pin one, but some pitches has still 2 pin connector.

I think it doesn't hurt bring an adaptor just in case. in my case, becase my Cali is Spanish, I had to do the other way round.

Don't forget also an adaptor for the internal socket, just in case you need to borrow a hairdresser or something similar.

 

[calikev]

One of these.

 

[John Stevenson]

Does the hook up lead and Euro adapter come with the Van as standard? Or is that an extra?

 

[WelshGas]

Does the hook up lead and Euro adapter come with the Van as standard? Or is that an extra?

The Euro Adapter should come with the Vehicle - it did on the T5 variants SE and Beach with Mains.

You DO NOT get the Hook-up lead. You will also NOT get the UK Extension lead - as above but with UK 3 pin plug so that you can plug into your domestic socket at home.
Both available in Forum Shop.