Would our Dyson vacuum cleaner work in Canada? I'd rather not sell it - we are moving next week and don't have much time to try and get a decent price, plus one attachment is broken (which we don't use so doesn't matter to us but would lower resale value). I love my Dyson!
Any thoughts, O Wise Ones?

well I brought mine..

It just about works on 120v.. sucks!!

However if you run it from the kitchen on 220v then it works fine...

How you wire it up is not exactly the stuff Insurance companies like, and if you’re not sure how to do it, then you really shouldn't consider doing it.

But the trick is knowing that most of the sockets in a N.A. kitchen have two outlets in which the two “lives” are out of phase with each other and the AC voltage across these is approx 220v


But I’ll re-iterate the point… if your not sure then don’t do it

Also....YOU WILL HAVE TWO "HOT" LINES AND NO GROUND TO PROTECT YOU

MOH bought a standup Dirt Devil, a big old beastie thing for about equivalent of 130 GBP - the thing rocks, and sucks like a toothless Edmonton streetwalker in deepest December. Has all the attachments, long pokey thing, some funny whirring around thing, flat thing for stairs I think, gets into all the corners, has 4 settings suitable for that funky bright green shag pile which is so popular here, or for wooden floors, and a whopping mega long electric cable too. We have 2 cats and it gobbles up the fur, the bag is being emptied once every hoover at least. Maybe we shouldn't hoover the cats directly tho

For the price I wouldn't bother shipping it, you'll at least pay half as much in shipping costs if not more. Go find a skip or donate.

Rich.

Whoa...I haven't seen shag carpet here in Calgary since the mid eighties. New installs that is. You can still find it I'm sure in some older homes.

Thanks - it all sounds a bit scary so I think I'll leave the beloved Dyson behind!

We are trying so hard to avoid ditching things in a skip - it's just so wasteful. The charity shop will hate us, heh!!

Sadly dear readers, the Canadian electric supply into one`s home is unique even beside the USA. Both are 110volt, but with slightly different cycles.
Some people bring in the USA product, paying the tax where deemed due, then after a while some US products run on CAD electric might not function 100%. Your guarantee claim would be useless as one would be giving a CAD address to a US distributor!

There is also the issue that although many homes here in CAD are "200amp" boards. The wiring to some sockets is so minimal in amp conductivity, that if you try to run a microwave and a radio even from a double socket, the circuit breaker trips out.

To conclude, the standard of domestic wiring in CAD homes is lower than UK homes. Also in CAD there is a culture where if it only needs 2 pins on the plug to operate, then 2 pins is all that is fitted onto the appliance.
In the UK, appliances that would give a very nasty shock are fitted with 3 pins (so as to gain an earth NOT THROUGH YOU), even if they would function on only 2.

Absolutely NOT true. North America is standard 60 cycle

Once again not true. Virtually all homes in Canada and certainly new ones the circuit breakers are 15 amp or higher.

I am not going to argue whether the standard of UK wiring is better or worse than Canadian because I don't know.

Electricity Standards around the world.

Regards
Steve

A bit of a cheesy plug, but Dirt Devil ( way cheaper ), does exactly the same thing, and it's bagless as well. Check your local costco and other good stores

Too right - so good we bought two. I nabbed one of the handy sized ones to vacuum out the car with and it's very good, no hassles.

Rich.

Just to let you know - Dysons are extorionate over here! I have hardwood floors throughout so didn't bother bringing mine, but if you have carpets in your house then you may wish you had brought it when you see the price of vacuums here!!

Just a tip, but when I moved to North America, all my stuff (including my Dyson) was placed into storage. It's all been shipped over here now, and so I just bought a heavy duty voltage transformer, and now I plug all my UK stuff in through a UK 6-way extension lead, and everything runs fine with no problems. And comparing the Dirt Devil that I had with the Dyson? Well the Dyson wins hands down.

Gotta agree with every word you have said! We have a voltage transformer for all our UK stuff and it all works fine. And how can anyone compare a Dyson to a Dirty Devil ......... no that is just swearing!!

Dyson really does make a huge difference doesn't it...

and getting one over here, pretty cheap, well there's plenty of places that sell refurbed ones which are well cheap...only 90 warranty on them though...other thing with dysons over here, less power and it ain't a dyson motor, it's a licensed Mitsubishi....still a lot better than dirt devil/electrolux/eureka...

Well I guess if you think over $500 for a vacuum cleaner is cheap then you have too much money .

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