Depends. UK as most of Europe has been 220V/50Hz forever. If it’s a purpose/market built appliance, and it sounds like it is, he’s probably screwed unless he wants to set up a 220V receptacle for it.
It’s unlikely it could be retired for a lower voltage. -D > On Feb 22, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > A buddy of mine bought an Optimum blender from a guy in UK off ebay not > thinking it will have the UK plug and their voltage (duh). It is like a > Vitamix but apparently better and more powerful, from an Aussie company but > made in Taiwan. AC220V-240V 50-60Hz rated 1500W, 3HP 2238W motor which is > fairly powerful for a blender! > > So the question is how to run it on US power. I guess UK is now 230V single > phase which means 230V hot<->neutral not like US 220V which is hot<-->hot > across the 180deg phases. Could you plug a UK appliance into a US 220V > outlet (with proper adapter, or a new plug on the wire, paying attention to > hot, neutral, ground wires) without frying it? (I'm guessing probably not). > > Would it be possible to rewire the motor somehow to run on 110V? (I'm > guessing not). I know some of my 110V stationary shop tools can run on 220V > if you do something on the motor or switch wiring but I have never done that, > going the other direction would be possible I guess? > > Or just go buy a converter and run it off that? > http://www.gohz.com/2000w-voltage-converter > > He was going to contact the company and see what they might recommend. I was > thinking if they sell their products in 110V countries (which might not be > so) they would either have different motors or some alternative wiring scheme. > > -- > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
