Vacuum cleaner plug????

flissh

I have recently moved back to this country from china, and brought back lots of our household stuff.

They use the same ?voltage (is that the right term?) as us, so most items I have just changed the plug, and they have worked.

The vacuum I brought back only had a Chinese two pin plug on it. When I cut it off the cable only has live and neutral, no earth.

Can I fit a plug to this (like some lamps have) I imagine it will need a 13 amp fuse, will that be okay with no earth? Or should I get the cable changed, will it have a ?terminal (is that the right phrase?) inside to accomodate a cable with three wires? It is a Phillips 'Marathon' not a chinese brand.

Anyone got any ideas?

Inactive

It was designed to not need an earth, so just a standard UK 13 amp plug will be fine, try it with a 5 amp fuse, if that blows, move up to a 13 amp fuse.

flissh

Thanks Inactive, I will do that.

ormus

only small electric items use 5 amp. ie a lamp.
almost anything with a motor will need a 13 amp fuse.

DVardysShadow

Inactive wrote: »

It was designed to not need an earth, so just a standard UK 13 amp plug will be fine, try it with a 5 amp fuse, if that blows, move up to a 13 amp fuse.

Check for the double insulation symbol to verify that it does not need an earth. And make sure you identify L and N correctly before putting a UK plug on it.

real1314

ormus wrote: »

only small electric items use 5 amp. ie a lamp.
almost anything with a motor will need a 13 amp fuse.

This is wrong. There are many appliances that would use a 5 amp fuse. Using a fuse of a higher rating than appropriate creates a risk of the cable overheating.

Check the wattage of the appliance (should be stated somewhere on it) then divide it by 240. Choose the fuse rating above the figure you get

e.g:-

2200 watt kettle:- 2200 / 240 = 9.17 - next fuse up is 13 amp

100 watt lamp:- 100/240 = less than 1 - use a 1 amp fuse

1400 watt vaccum:- 1400 /240 = 5.833 - use a 10 amp fuse

An appliance between 750 and 1200 watts could use a 5 amp fuse.

roger196

The first few times you use it, plug in via an rcd adaptor. They are only £8 and provide added protection against electric shock.

madjay

You should not use it with out a convertor, in china equipment are only rated at 220volts in the uk the equipment is rated at 250volts. It will burn out very quickly.

Toomuchdebt

I thought here things were rated 220-240 volts?

Inactive

madjay wrote: »

You should not use it with out a convertor, in china equipment are only rated at 220volts in the uk the equipment is rated at 250volts. It will burn out very quickly.

Can you provide any evidence to support that statement?

wealdroam

madjay wrote: »

You should not use it with out a convertor, in china equipment are only rated at 220volts in the uk the equipment is rated at 250volts. It will burn out very quickly.

Wrong.......