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dextrous
Out of interest, where did you buy the toaster?
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It is not impossible that there are two sections of 110v element that during manufacture can be wired in parallel for use on 110v supplies or series for use on 230v supplies.
But the overall quality is likely to be poor (that is shown by the use of cheap non-polarised mains cable) so even if a DIY change from parallel to series connection was possible the unit may still be of dubious safety.
No earth connection. So assume it has a plastic case. so fire risk from accumulation of carbonised crumbs is not negligable.
Or if it is a fire proof metal case then the risk of electrocution from a case made live by carbonised bread crumbs may be very high.
It may be a US import of any quality (good or bad). A lot of US appliances I have seen in properties we have rented for holidays (toasters, coffee makers etc) have non polarised two core shotgun flex like that in the picture. Presumably double insulated so no earth. Some stuff does have a polarised plug with one pin slightly bigger than the other. They always fall out of the US sockets! Even the 3 pin ones don't usually stay in.
But as has already been said, no good here so bin it.
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Paul_C
A couple of observations from the photo.
First, even if the unit was intended for the U.S. market, the plug is not the standard NEMA pattern which has two small holes at the end of the prongs. That's definitely the cheap made-in-Commie-land equivalent. The same type of plugs are sometimes found on foreign-made 220-240V equipment, e.g. I saw a toaster oven from the Philippines a few years ago which was so.
Second, there's only a very small portion of the cord visible on the left of the photo, but bringing the image up to full size, it doesn't appear to be SPT-type cordage (commonly called zip-cord). It looks more like a sheathed 2-core, which would normally then have coded conductors inside (brown & blue, black & white etc.). It may just be the small amount visible and the light making it appear that way though.
First, even if the unit was intended for the U.S. market, the plug is not the standard NEMA pattern which has two small holes at the end of the prongs. That's definitely the cheap made-in-Commie-land equivalent. The same type of plugs are sometimes found on foreign-made 220-240V equipment, e.g. I saw a toaster oven from the Philippines a few years ago which was so.
Second, there's only a very small portion of the cord visible on the left of the photo, but bringing the image up to full size, it doesn't appear to be SPT-type cordage (commonly called zip-cord). It looks more like a sheathed 2-core, which would normally then have coded conductors inside (brown & blue, black & white etc.). It may just be the small amount visible and the light making it appear that way though.
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Nah it wouldn't, a couple of options:-
1- Install bright yellow site trnasformer into kitchen. Replace cabinets/crockery/utensils etc for bright yellow versions to match.
2- Install bright yellow site transformer, tile over with tiles that match your existing splashbacks.
lovely
or, if you want to be extravagant, sling the dodgy toaster in the bin and part with £10-20 to get a toaster that works in this country.
I know thats wild and crazy, but it just might work.
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