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tipex

Jun 24th 2012 8:00 am

110v drill

i have a very good 110v mixer drill that has the yellow round plug for a transformer to british building site work.
I'd like to bring it with me,
can i just change the plug in the u.s or wont the drill work anyway.

redarmy990

Jun 24th 2012 9:36 am

Re: 110v drill

you will just need it re-corded as the us 110v plugs are different.

thanks:thumbsup:

tipex

Jun 24th 2012 10:29 am

Re: 110v drill

Quote:

Originally Posted by redarmy990 (Post 10135896)

you will just need it re-corded as the us 110v plugs are different.

thanks:thumbsup:

thanks:thumbsup:

Michael

Jun 24th 2012 11:03 am

Re: 110v drill

It'll run 20% faster for the same setting but other than that, it should work ok with a new plug.

tipex

Jun 24th 2012 1:29 pm

Re: 110v drill

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael (Post 10136014)

It'll run 20% faster for the same setting but other than that, it should work ok with a new plug.

bloody hell,:eek: defo bringing it over, already mixes fantastic.
how come it's 20% faster, is this a hertz thing?

Redwing

Jun 24th 2012 11:32 pm

Re: 110v drill

I brought mine with me when I came here in the 70s, and it worked fine. I still have it, but I hardly ever use it, as I use cordless ones now. Frequency here is 60 Hz.

Michael

Jun 25th 2012 3:14 am

Re: 110v drill

Quote:

Originally Posted by tipex (Post 10136230)

bloody hell,:eek: defo bringing it over, already mixes fantastic.
how come it's 20% faster, is this a hertz thing?

Yup, 60 hertz instead of 50 hertz.

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