New to caravan life

As far as I know all the caravans and mobile homes are linked into the site electricity supply and they have their own system of charges. I doubt that you have a meter?

Steve 

I stayed recently for 2 weeks and didn’t cook and it cost €61. 

I've posted several times in the past about the cost of living on a caravan park can be higher than renting a two bedroom apartment. 

I have several friends on different sites so we sometimes compare costs. My electricity bill is always around 40 euros per month but I don't have aircon. You are asking in your other post about extra aircon in your awning......that will push your bill up a lot higher. Some sites have a lot of rules and regulations about aircon unit placement so it will be worth finding out before having a unit fitted.

Most camp sites have added costs if you have overnight visitors for use of all facilities. 

Steve 

If you got billed then you must be being meter somewhere.

Re costs for caravan parks versus renting or buying bricks and mortar, tebo53 has a clear bias against the former but I'll repeat what I've said on numerous occasions, it's horses for courses and not necessarily about the money!

The OP is complaining about the cost of electricity so it is about cost. 

On caravan parks the electricity bill for the site is divided between the caravans by the site formula by various rules of caravan size (and maybe awnings).

Steve 

No Steve, the pitches have individual metres, some mechanical that are manually read, some on networked shunts via a central system (Raco is that way)…, so your use is charged individually. Most sites have an included allowance per day (usually 2kw) and anything over that is charged per kw/h, but the sites charge about 75 to 100% more than the electric costs (can be up to 70 cent per kw/h) so that is what pushes the costs up but on the other hand there is no standing charge.

As a general rule anything that heats or cools (except modern fridges) use excessive amounts of power.

I can get by on the 2kw daily allowance but on the other hand I’m using Gas/LPG for cooking/fridge/heating, so that cost needs to be factored in.

one thing i would do to your "metal box" to help keep it cooler if it is not already done is paint the roof white.

Thanks for that Benisnowbird but as usual I always recheck my facts before the challenge.....

I spoke to my mate this morning who has been a resident on La Torretta camping site,  Benidorm for several years and she explained that on their site there are four caravans hooked up to each electricity distribution point dotted around the site. Their electricity bills are divided up between the 4 caravans depending on size etc.......

Maybe "some" sites have individual electricity meters but others don't.

Steve

The only other option you may have is to use solar power from solar panels, assuming the caravan site will allow. If you fit these to the roof it may help to keep the van cool. Otherwise you can only use the electricity supplied by the caravan site.