Dishwasher woes

[Ihatewashingup]

Hello all. Could you please help me with something?

As my username suggests I am sick of washing up. There is currently no room for a dishwasher and in a fit of pique I ordered a portable tabletop dishwasher from Amazon (I know!).

It has arrived and is perfect for what I need (although made in China). But it is 220v 50hz. My house is 230v. Is it safe to use?

It has a normal 13amp three pin plug. The manual says it must be connected to a grounded outlet. That just means earthed socket doesn't it?

Thanks so much. I may be worrying about nothing but I am cautious when it comes to electrical appliances (apart from when I have a fit of pique and order stuff from Amazon!)

Thanks so much for any advice.

 

[Why Not Indeed]

It'll be fine.

 

[Ihatewashingup]

Thanks Why Not Indeed. I have decided to send it back as I don't quite feel comfortable with it. I can't find out much about the manufacturer and there are a couple of other things that have made me pause. Possibly I am being paranoid! Although I hate the washing up but I would hate to have some sort of electrical fire in my kitchen more!

 

[opps]

I didn't know that they existed, but having randomly selected one on Amazon, the majority of reviews are positive- and they, for the product that I looked, at seemed to be genuine reviews.

 

[ericmark]

I use a counter top dishwasher for the BBQ stuff, I inherited it from mother, the hardest thing is to ensure the waste pipe does not jump out of the sink, never even looked at the voltage, this country harmonised with Europe, we went down 10, and they went up 10 volts. But really nothing changed until we got solar power and EV's.

We are allowed a tolerance of +10% -6% so 216–253 volt, and it is common to still find items marked 220 volts. I would not want a tungsten light bulb marked 220 volts, but LED seem OK, as do most other items.

When we first changed, from a 240 volt supply, which was +/- 6% so 225–254 volts. We saw no change, but EV charging points and solar panels' auto disconnect if out of range, so now I see 241.3 Vac 49.96 Hz with my solar software. But for most items it does not matter if marked 220, 230, or 240 they will still work OK.