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1st January 2009, 01:18 AM #16Senior Member
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I had a look at the charger that came with my B&D VXT screwdriver and sure enough it runs on 110-220v power. You have to change the plug or use an adapter but it'll work. Same goes for the DeWalt charger for my drill. My Delta ts only needs a change of plug and removal of the capacitor and it's 220. All of them are B&D products of course so why wouldn't they be capable of that. Anyway, it's not the voltage you have to worry about it's the frequency. Chargers can cope with it but some tools can't.
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1st January 2009, 01:40 PM #17Senior Member
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2nd January 2009, 08:15 AM #18Cheers.
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2nd January 2009, 08:44 AM #19Senior Member
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2nd January 2009, 10:15 AM #20
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2nd January 2009, 10:30 AM #21
It's not the cable I was referring to (which as pointed out should be OK) ... it's the plug. The US plug is designed for 110V and it would be rated accordingly. It is not designed for 240v and it's certainly not designed to be plugged into an Aussie GPO.
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2nd January 2009, 11:26 AM #22
As your friendly local electrician I would not recommend that the pins of a US plug be twisted to fit. A plug top is only a couple of dollars and will take two minutes to fit.
I've only seen the US pins twisted once and that was on a talking book reader on loan from the blind society library. By twisting the pins a significant amount of live pin is left exposed outside the outlet. I was called to check a faulty outlet by a blind elderly gentleman who couldn't get his reader to work. There was at least 6mm of exposed live pin. Easily enough to make contact with a careless finger. I cut the plug off and replaced it and then rang the blind society library and instructed them to check the rest of their readers for similar modifications.
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6th January 2009, 07:06 AM #23Senior Member
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The plugs on all my power tools and equipment have the active pin larger than the neutral pin as well as both of them being straight up and down so unless things have changed back home they won't fit even if you twist them. Anyhow I wouldn't go that way if you paid me! Way too many things to go wrong doing that. Better to get a good quality heavy duty 90deg plug so the cord comes out of the plug pointed to the ground. That eliminates any attempts at pulling the plug by tugging on the cord - we've all done it - and lowers the trip rate considerably. Running a 110v/15a ts on 220/240v it will draw around 7a at start up and under load. So the wiring is more than up to the task.
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