I have a heat gun that I reciently aquired the unfortunate thing is that it has a plug end like pictured and I live in the US. Can I just cut off the european plag and wire up a us plug?
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What voltage rating is the heat gun? If it's 240 volts or thereabouts, then no, unless you have a step up transformer. -
looks like I need something like this
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Price : US $ 29.99
VT 1P 300 GS - STEP-UP TRANSFORMER
This is a Step-up Voltage Converter with a GS German Shucko Grounded Plug Receptable.
Accepts grounded German Shucko Plug.
300 Watts Maximum Capacity.
ON/OFF switch built-in.
Converts 110/120 volts to 220/240 volts.
This has a grounded power cord hard wired with grounded american plug.
Easy to carry & heavy duty casing.
Fuse Protected.
Shipping Cost:$13.29 for 1 unit, $16.00 for two units.
Weight: 7 lbs
Dimensions(LxBxH): 7.5" x 5" x 4"
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Yup. The only way you are going to get that thing to work is to buy a transformer that changes 110V AC @ 60Hz to 220-230V AC @ 50Hz. It sucks, i know... I've thrown away a brand new and perfectly good power supply away because i can't use it to charge my imported lithium halo battery.
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yea it is about a $200 heat gun and I can get two more.
apparently where I work could not figure out how to make them work. I would hate for them to get thrown away.
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