New vs old RG 130 Renofix grinder - debating which to get!
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In addition to the new version being brushless, it also includes bluetooth. Since this is a corded tool, you wouldn’t think this makes a big difference, but it does.
The RG130 connected to the power plug on a CT extractor has a tendency to overload a US 15Amp circuit and cause the circuit breaker to trip. With the integrated bluetooth of the new model, you can connect the extractor and the grinder to different circuits and prevent this from happening all while keeping the auto start/stop of the extractor.
Do you really need this feature? If you are planning to use this tool often, I can see this making a big difference in the user experience of the tool. But if you are using it 1x or 2x per year, then maybe it’s not required. I have the brushed version without integrated Bluetooth, and when I saw the new model, it was immediately obvious why they made this improvement. I sure wish mine had this feature.
The RG130 connected to the power plug on a CT extractor has a tendency to overload a US 15Amp circuit and cause the circuit breaker to trip. With the integrated bluetooth of the new model, you can connect the extractor and the grinder to different circuits and prevent this from happening all while keeping the auto start/stop of the extractor.
Do you really need this feature? If you are planning to use this tool often, I can see this making a big difference in the user experience of the tool. But if you are using it 1x or 2x per year, then maybe it’s not required. I have the brushed version without integrated Bluetooth, and when I saw the new model, it was immediately obvious why they made this improvement. I sure wish mine had this feature.
jonnyrocket said:
That 110V situation must truly suck. I used two vacs (CTL-26 and some huge 2000W wheeled monster) and a 2300W wall chaser on a single 230V 16A circuit. The fuse got a little warmer, that was all. Things tend to always use a bunch less than is on the type plate and the fuse / MCB's has a positive tolerance anyway.
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bwehman said:
Glad it was helpful!
imdking said:
I have the MFE 65. But the drawback is that it doesn't get as close to the ceiling as most other compacter models. At least when chasing depth for conduit for electricity. It does have plenty of power. For 30cm high outlets I also need to chase the lowest portion going up with the machine turned upside down.
It could do with a re-design... there should be (spring-loaded) bristles near the base. And it doesn't plunge... meaning on initial insertion the dust shroud doesn't capture everything. And because of missing bristles and initial contact of the blades is parallel to the wall with blades going ~280 km/h it will blow out a plume of smoke under the shroud. Once in the wall there is not that much dust. But some competing models do have the plunging shroud and do have bristles, resulting in way less dust.
It's also beastly at nearly 10 kg. For that you get the ability to cut 65mm deep, something I haven't used so far, but it does enable some other uses, like cutting paving stones etc.
I don't know if they even sell the MFE 65 in the USA.
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Thanks [member=8955]Coen[/member] for the response.
I will be purchasing the chaser for use in Botswana. So, I'd probably be buying it from the United Kingdom, because we use the same voltage (former British colony). I just need to find a retailer that will accept international credit/debit cards. I've been ordering my tools from Axminster tools, but there's so much they do mot have. Like Makita 40v cordless tools. It's so frustrating. But FFX will not accept international credit cards. It's tough. I don't know what I'll do.
Sorry to the OP, didn't mean to hijack your thread.
I wish Festool's grinder could do 3 blades so it could chase in one pass, instead of having to go back and chisel the material between the cuts.
I will be purchasing the chaser for use in Botswana. So, I'd probably be buying it from the United Kingdom, because we use the same voltage (former British colony). I just need to find a retailer that will accept international credit/debit cards. I've been ordering my tools from Axminster tools, but there's so much they do mot have. Like Makita 40v cordless tools. It's so frustrating. But FFX will not accept international credit cards. It's tough. I don't know what I'll do.
Sorry to the OP, didn't mean to hijack your thread.
I wish Festool's grinder could do 3 blades so it could chase in one pass, instead of having to go back and chisel the material between the cuts.
imdking said:
Botswana is 230V too, right? So you can buy from any European country.
What width you want to chase? I have three blades in the MFE 65, but at ~19mm chase width, it still leaves two dams. But they can be broken out very very easily compared to what you get when leaving out the 3rd blade. If you chase everything, like with the 20 or 30mm wide blades (see MFE 40) you get a LOT more dust ending up in the vac.
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I figured tools from any place in the E. U. would work, but I wasn't sure about the pin shape and sizes of the plugs from country to country.
I will be chasing for regular household wiring, so the Metabo MFE40 is what I'm looking at.
Is there an online store in the Netherlands that ships internationally? Or at least take credit cards that are not local, or even PayPal. I have a forwarding service that lets me ship to Guernsey, then they forward my goods to Botswana.
I will be chasing for regular household wiring, so the Metabo MFE40 is what I'm looking at.
Is there an online store in the Netherlands that ships internationally? Or at least take credit cards that are not local, or even PayPal. I have a forwarding service that lets me ship to Guernsey, then they forward my goods to Botswana.
Sorry for the hijacking
The one I bought in NL came with a UK plug. Upon closer inspection the UK plug was put over and 'clicked' shut over a Schuko plug. I was within 1 second of squeezing the cable sheers when I saw the UK end could be taken off. This adapter now spends it's life sitting in a bag full of UK and US powercords [wink]
It is a class II tool; no ground connection. The manual advises to not touch the metal parts (like the shroud) during use, as cutting into live wiring will make those parts live too.
imdking said:
The one I bought in NL came with a UK plug. Upon closer inspection the UK plug was put over and 'clicked' shut over a Schuko plug. I was within 1 second of squeezing the cable sheers when I saw the UK end could be taken off. This adapter now spends it's life sitting in a bag full of UK and US powercords [wink]
It is a class II tool; no ground connection. The manual advises to not touch the metal parts (like the shroud) during use, as cutting into live wiring will make those parts live too.
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