Guest slacky Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hi everyone,just a quick one, i have been told that power tools on building sites in Oz are 240 volts .is this true as i now have about £5000 worth of useless 110v power tools !!!! thanks Des. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Don QuayPoly Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Hi everyone,just a quick one, i have been told that power tools on building sites in Oz are 240 volts .is this true as i now have about £5000 worth of useless 110v power tools !!!! thanks Des. Hey Des or was it Slacky ?, reference 110v power tools. Yes it is true. On every building site I have worked on in Aus, the standard is 220/240v. So unless you want to haul around a 220-110v transformer, then you might find your old tools a bit useless. bummer aye:mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PommyPaul Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Yes it is true, I had a lot of 110v tools and sold most of them before coming to Oz. 110v would just be so impractical here with the whole voltage difference. Keep your cordless items, that way you can just put them onto an adaptor, or change the plug, or keep a 4 - 6 plug extension and change the plug on that, to charge them etc...... One option would be to keep your tools in the Uk and wait until you have settled and know it is for you out here, then sell them on a return visit etc.... Or if you feel you will not get enough back on them, keep them and when going back to the Uk take a nice long break and arrange work for when you are there, that way you can still earn and holiday for a long period. If there is anything I have learnt since being here is be open to everything as nothing is set in stone, don't rush into decisions as you will regret it, think everything over lots. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slacky Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks for that,its a real help, cheers ...Des Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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