Henry Hoover Wiring

[zeroms]

Hi Guys,

sorry if this is a stupid question, I have bought a new henry hoover from ebay, when its arrived it has an industrial plug for one of the yellow 110v transformers and I am told its a 110v hoover.

Is there any way of running the hoover without purchasing a transformer, I am only using it in a home and dont want to lug a great big transformer around everytime I want to hoover up!

Thanks in advance

Craig

 

[rebuke]

Unless it has a dual-voltage power supply / transformer, which is very unlikely, then no - the only way you could use it is if you have a 110V transformer. You probably don't need one of the great big heavy industrial ones though - check what the rating plate says the current / power usage is, you can probably get a 110V transformer that can spit out enough that will be fairly light.

If it does have a dual-voltage psu, then this should be indicated on the rating plate...

 

[Spark123]

Not really - if it is designed for 110v use then it will have a 110v motor in it. You could replace the motor with a 240v one, check the switch etc is suitable however it will probably cost more than it is worth.
Think heney is about 1200w or about 11A at 110v

 

[securespark]

Check the ratings plate.

If suitable for a 240 supply, it will say something like, "100-250V AC" on the ratings plate (usually a sticker now!)

EDIT: sorry, didn't read the other replies...

 

[conny]

Repaired 4 of these in work recently.
2x110v and 2x230v
They don't do dual voltage.
They are 1200w and cost as little as £59 brand new from some retailers so not worth bothering with transformers.

 

[ColJack]

how much did you pay zeroms?
I'll give you a tenner for it..

 

[tito]

Hello ;......I have a 220v Henrry ... I can change it to the 110v you have..