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If it is accepted that a 110v supply to power tools is safer, why can you buy 230V ones which work directly off the mains?
sparkybird said:If it is accepted that a 110v supply to power tools is safer, why can you buy 230V ones which work directly off the mains?
sparkybird said:I understand why the 110V is safer and how you use a transformer to step down the voltage, but my query (perhaps badly worded) was how come if you are not 'on site' that you can use 230V, which is potentially more dangerous? What qualifies as 'on site'? Is a DIYer really going to be more careful than a tradesman (hmm, maybe don't answer that?!)
FWL_Engineer said:sparkybird said:I understand why the 110V is safer and how you use a transformer to step down the voltage, but my query (perhaps badly worded) was how come if you are not 'on site' that you can use 230V, which is potentially more dangerous? What qualifies as 'on site'? Is a DIYer really going to be more careful than a tradesman (hmm, maybe don't answer that?!)
Sparkybird, I now understand what your referring too, and the answer is simple, if a professional in undertaking any works on any location that requires the use of power tools, then regulations state that only 110V power tools may be used.
Obviously there are situations where this may not occur, like in the tradesmans own home, but to be honest I do not know any tradesman that own 230V power tools, with perhaps the except of something so specialised it cannot be obtained in 110V..I have a professional heat gun that fits this description, I have hunted high and low for the 110V equivilent, but alas not found one.
sparkybird said:Thanks FWL. Are you able to quickly point me to the right section of the Regs? Otherwise, I'll flog through them...
SB
So do ours of course, but here they are mostly involving scaffold poles and overhead cables...On the continent they use 230V power tools and lighting on construction sites, and every year their death rates contain a significant number of electric shock victims.
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