UK toaster
 

I am thinking of shipping out a UK toaster but someone told me it wont work in Australia, is this true?

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As long as you put your bread in upside down you will be OK.

Be aware, the margarine is made from roo fat so is pretty disgusting. Unless you sprinkle plenty of salt on it:unsure:

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The bread doesn't fit...

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Fold it in half ;)

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But which half should she use:frown:

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You won't need a toaster out here, just do your bread on the barbie ;)

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Any, as long as its inserted with the left hand
:p

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Why, what are you doing with your right hand? :eek:

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Funnily enough there can be an issue with high current items from the UK. Though they usually do work.

Toasters, kettles, heaters etc in the UK are rated for 13 amps, whereas the standard Australian domestic sockets run off a 10.5 amp circuit. Usually this is no problem, but every now and then a UK appliance may try to draw too much current and trip the circuit. Certainly it happens with my toaster. But it isn't that big a deal. Theoretically you can change your trip switch to a 13amp one if it really bothers you.

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Standard MCB for a socket circuit in Australia is 16A. If you have anything less then you are going to get endless trips.

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It's not that they won't work, it's that they're banned devices under section 14 paragraph 12 of the Utopia act. Unemployment levels have reached such scary heights amongst the youth of the country that the government have introduced a new Youth Toaster job employement scheme. Up and down the country, young men and women are being paid by the goverment to use a small kitchin butane burner to do your toast for you. They are paid $140 a week and are usually assigned six houses each. It's a welcome injection of cash into the economy because the youths in question are only really busy between 7:00am and 9:00am - although if they're assigned a hash smoker as one of their prescribed properties, they can be on all call all night!

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Ignore the above they are all being silly.

An honest answer is, that the Australian bread is not compatable with the UK toaster.

A solution is to got to a British Outlet shop and order Warburtons, which is known to be an ideal replacement.

A few other things you may find cause you problems is the beans, Aussie beans burn in a British Pan.

Aussie Tea Bags, stain your Uk cups.

Dont import a car, the unleaded fuel here is very different, the method to make it, is totally different, as the Crued oil is actually Vegemite and not Marmite...

Dont taste the Cheese, its not compatable with a British palet, same as Curry,,,,,,

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So why is the socket trip switch in my house rated at 10.5amps?

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Dunno, sparky who installed it is a tool?

Replace it with a 16A one and you'll be sweet.

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Not even the Tasty, surely the name must be true :)