[quote author=cupid  link=1108287874/0#7 date=1108328624]I think you will find that is 110V rated equipment, construction site's will often require 110V tool's instead of 230V tools for safety reasons..

I thought the same thing untill i stopped and asked one guy,he said sod buying buying all new tools when i have these already ??? they have working every day for the last 6 months

cupid [/quote]
He must have been winding you up, or he was a plumber or a chippie, and therefore hard-of-thinking.  A kettle is one thing - it's just a heating element, and I can believe that it would work, albeit a lot slower, on 110V (BTW - as for the autostop system, that's triggered by the steam, so if it boils, it will switch off).

But tools with motors - just can't see how they will work anywhere near well enough on 110V....