Metered electric

Just had first night on a metered CL. CAMC are trialling meters at 2 club sites so I thought using a metered CL would give me an idea of what costs are involved. With many sites charging £5 per night for electric (one of our regular CSs used to charge £3 but now £5 due to increased energy bills).
We hooked up as usual and didn't change anything regarding our usual consumption. Electric water heater on setting 2 (1800w) left on through night, kettle boiled 3 or 4 times, electric hotplate on cooker used about 20 minutes, fridge on electric as normal. Didn't need heating on as was warm enough. Total consumption from 3pm yesterday to 10am this morning  - 5.58 units, total cost £1.92. Reading print-out given by CL host and show average 24hr daily use as 7.54 units which is £2.60.
So from now on I'll be careful how I choose sites.

Peter Brown wrote:Stayed a night at Smeaton Lakes, Newark in December on metered connection.  Combi was not working on electric but used everything else including TV most of the afternoon.  She waived the electricity charge of 20p!

We have used the metered electric at Smeaton lakes for a week we was there last year, I was very surprised how little we actually used, we are there from Friday on a THS for 9 days but will be running on solar and the inverter

Aberfeldy campsite  has always charged separately for electric if you want it, their system is buying credit on a card which gets inserted into a slot on the EHU box. Easy to check how much is being used and unused credit is repaid when you leave. Not been there for a few years but it was not expensive and the system worked OK.

This is from the FAQs on the metering trial on the CAMC website....

Will my pitch fee reduce?

Yes. All our current pitch fee's have a built in cost for electricity. When you stay on a Smart Metering trial campsite, this fee will be removed from your pitch at the precalculated average we presently use. This puts you in control of your electrical spend - so you can use a little less and you could save when staying with us, plus, of course reduce your impact on the environment.

Reason 4,537,265 to have solar and not need Ehu!( Excl health reasons of course)
Now on day 16 in N Spain, good but not awesome weather, no ehus, no shortage of electricity.

I'm on a CL which includes 10 units per night in the cost the pitch and 35p per unit thereafter.  In Jan I was on a CL that did the same but charged 67p per unit thereafter and in Feb I was on a CL that didn't include any electricity in the cost of the pitch but charged 67p for every unit used.  There clearly is a wide variation in the cost per unit.  The arrangement in Feb was easiest to manage as we ran everything we could on gas, which is generally cheaper than electricity, so over 4 nights we only used 2.39 units (£1.43 at 60p per unit).  

A problem with metering is not being able to read the figures clearly, which is necessary when trying to keep within the 10 units per day allowance, and having to settle up at the end of the stay which can delay departure.  I understand EVs use Apps to pay for electricity.  It would be a good thing if this technology was introduced onto campsites.

The CL we were on didn't have meters which we could read, the owners had the meter in their house so we couldn't have managed usage if we had wanted to. Just relied on trust.

Can you get an inline meter with connections for the site sockets/plugs. I can only find ones with standard 3 pin 13amp sockets.