Turning 110 to 240 plug extractor midi

[Grant1993]

Hi. I have a 110 extractor and I am looking to change it to 240 and put a uk plug on it.
I have seen people have done it but not worked out how.
What would I need to do or replace ? Apart from putting plugs on.
Thank you

 

[Neil Lickfold]

I think you will need a transformer with an inverter so that it is running on 110v at 60hz. I have not seen motors that run dual voltage and variable frequency. I was looking at a 220v 50hz VFD to single phase output of 110v 60hz and capable of 2400 watts. But in the end flagged the whole idea and just bought some new equipment that ran on 220v 50hz with the NZ plug in our case.

 

[Cheese]

There are motors that can run on dual voltages but they're usually in larger machine tools and fully marked on the motor plate such as this one. I'm not aware of any Festool item that is capable of being rewired to run on dual voltages.

Like Neil mentioned, you'll need a transformer setup.

 

[Coen]

What would I need to do or replace ? Apart from putting plugs on.

The motor for sure and I guess the print too.

Conclusion; investment exceeds replacement cost > sell it.

From the looks of it it seems to be a UK specimen. Sell it there. If you emigrated with it to 230V land; then there is your mistake, because this has no use outside 110V land. E

Or maybe if you are on some Belgian 127/220 3-phase connection WITH neutral you could connect it to one phase and neutral. But that would still mean it has got to have it's own special outlet.

There is really really near zero value in such 110V tools in 230V land.

EDIT: I should have read better.

I think you will need a transformer with an inverter so that it is running on 110v at 60hz.

No, going from the plug this is a UK jobsite vac. They have 110V 50 Hz there.

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Or buy one of these worksite transformer. But then you still can't use the outlet on the vac with 230V tools.

 

[timwors]

This has come up before and there are all kinds of limitations with using 110V... as others have mentioned you will need a site transformer, and the cheaper ones are not rated for long-running at full load. This may become annoying if it keeps cutting out every 5 minutes. I think there's also a limit on the wattage of what you can plug into the socket on the extractor?