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[GLENNSPARK]

There is no requirement to automatically use 110v equipment, the requirement is for the person responsible to carry out a risk assessment and act accordingly.

should be used

 

[GLENNSPARK]

exactly. weigh the risk of electocution against the risk of a hernia dragging a 3kva tranny up several flights of stairs.

lol....old git...lol....

 

[imago]

Does red text mean it's a regulation?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Does red text mean it's a regulation?

no....just a `guidance note` mate...lol..
anyway..its up to the individual...but i just wouldn`t use 230V out at work....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

exactly. weigh the risk of electocution against the risk of a hernia dragging a 3kva tranny up several flights of stairs.

whats up with leaving it at the bottom of the stairs then...and using a 110V commando extention...otherwise your kind of defeating the object of using it in the first plaec....

 

[imago]

no....just a `guidance note` mate...lol..
anyway..its up to the individual...but i just wouldn`t use 230V out at work....

Gotta love those guidance notes

 

[Guitarist]

110v OR RCD protection if using 230v equipment is recommended. Some sites won't allow you on with 230v gear though, so if that's going to be an issue then go for 110v.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

110v OR RCD protection if using 230v equipment is recommended. Some sites won't allow you on with 230v gear though, so if that's going to be an issue then go for 110v.

this is it guitarist...why go buying 2 sets of tools....when 110V covers it?...

 

[imago]

this is it guitarist...why go buying 2 sets of tools....when 110V covers it?...

Quite right, but maybe 'when either 230v or 110v covers it' is more accurate. It all depends on where and under what circumstances you do your work.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Quite right, but maybe 'when either 230v or 110v covers it' is more accurate. It all depends on where and under what circumstances you do your work.

well...when you buys your gear...you takes your choice...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i just wouldn`t use 230V myself...and if and when i eventually decide to take on an apprentice of my own...i wouldn`t accept him turning up wit 230V stuff either...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

and god help him if he ever turned up with monstrosities like this:

 

[Guitarist]

230v doesn't bother me tbh, and there are no actual rules against it, just as long as there is RCD protection. I don't go on big sites who enforce this policy, because I hate working with other trades...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

230v doesn't bother me tbh, and there are no actual rules against it, just as long as there is RCD protection. I don't go on big sites who enforce this policy, because I hate working with other trades...

guitarist....nothings cast in stone mate...
i just prefer 110V...like i says...thats just me....

 

[amlu]

i got a 125mm makita grinder for back boxes. easier on the hands 1.6kilo weight, you can do precise cuts.
bit dusty only for unoccupied properties.
was 60 quid i screwfix a a month ago.

 

[PEM]

I use a worx sonic for chasing out sockets. Works great on plaster, block work and reasonable brickwork.

Blades are cheap on eBay and cuts out a double with little dust and total accuracy in less than 5 minutes.

Lot safer than an angle grinder.

 

[derek]

You can get dust shrouds for grinders that you attach a vacuum cleaner to , some are better designed than others. Some allegedly are so good you can use them in an occupied house without a problem. Saves using one hand as well.

 

[simpson93]

sds with chisel for me :>

 

[tom79bmth]

whats up with leaving it at the bottom of the stairs then...and using a 110V commando extention...otherwise your kind of defeating the object of using it in the first plaec....

I would be more worried about someone tripping over it and falling down the stairs

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I would be more worried about someone tripping over it and falling down the stairs

eh?...lol
rather than maintain safety aspects of 55V to earth....you would happily run 230V extentions upstairs....and probably site the transformer next to where your working?...
LOL...LOL...