Do I really need this enormous 110V transformer for a Makita SDS drill?

Gloomendoom

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

In practice, UK mains voltage is usually 240V. We had a monitor running in a server room at an old workplace and it occasionally dropped to 236V for a while then came back, but we never saw lower than that over the course of about three months.

The sockets in my house range from 252V down to 240V at peak load times.

I think things must be different in Ireland.

brightontraveller

gilbutre wrote: »

I have hired a medium corded Makita SDS (rotary hammer) drill and in order to plug it into wall power plug I was given this enormous and super heavy 110V transformer:
To me it's almost like using a nuclear core to power an electric toothbrush. Why something so big for a simple drill?

You'd whinge more using a lightweight alternative

If your carrying it around then you're not using it properly ? To provide power, prolonged use cheaply etc means they are heavy the alternatives are not cost effective for business...

Ectophile

To answer the original question, it's most likely that you've been given that massive great transformer because that's what they had in stock at the time.

It's rated at 1600W continuous loading and 3300W for intermittent use. That's way over-sized for a single electric drill.

A much smaller transformer would have done the job.