2007-01-07 08:26:05 · 16 answers · asked by sean j 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It would run slower. Think of a ceiling fan with a dial that speeds it up and slows it down. What this dial actually does is step down the voltage to make fan turn slower. These fans are designed to run on variable voltages but your drill is not. Your drill will turn slower with half the voltage and be ok, until you apply a load! When a load is applied, it needs the designed horsepower it was meant to have with 240. Without that, it is gonna heat up and trip the internal overload. Internal overloads automatically reset after cooling but the more you trip it, it becomes wore. Evemtually it will not trip and burn the drill or it will not reset and the drill will not start.
2007-01-07 09:46:54 · answer #1 · answered by Jekyl and Hyde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would run slower, the armature is wrapped to provide the correct magetic torque to the rotor at 240v, you would be supplying it with half that voltage. If you tried this the other way around (running a 120v drill on a 240v supply) it would burn out the drill in all probabilitiy.
2007-01-07 16:30:42 · answer #2 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if its a cordless the battery will take longer to charge up.
If its a 240v drill leave the plug in it as it might go slower or might not work at all and might mess up the drill by replacing it with the wrong v
2007-01-07 16:35:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would just turn slower!! if you put a 240v plug on a 110v grinder it turns much quicker! - not recomended tho and it will burn out in the end - if it doesnt kill you first!
2007-01-07 16:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by chris p 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it wouldn't run. components inside wouldnt be compatible with the voltage. eg a resistor set up to scale down 240v to say 60v would turn a 110 into a 27.5 which would in turn ruin the calculation on the next component.(examples not actual figures of parts)
2007-01-07 16:39:45 · answer #5 · answered by climacs 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you used a 110v plug in a 24v supply you would get a rather nasty suppise when the plug melted.
now if your using a 240v applience in a 110v supply then it would run slower.. thats all
2007-01-07 16:29:41 · answer #6 · answered by dan k 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it might burn out. If you reduce the volts input, I think you increase the amperage. If the wiring isn't the right thickness to take the higher amps, something could overheat somewhere ibn the circuit.
I know it doesn't sound logical, but.....
2007-01-07 16:33:51 · answer #7 · answered by migdalski 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would burn up!!!!!!!!!
220 vac has two hot legs of 110vac on each lead and no common wire.
110 vac has one hot leg and one common wire.
To compensate for the lower voltage the motor would draw substantially higher amps to spin at speed and heat up, melting the windings in the motor.
lower voltage is bad for any motor
2007-01-08 09:59:48 · answer #8 · answered by Sam H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A plug is a plug its the current that makes the drill work.
What a stupid Q.
2007-01-07 16:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by Andy P 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it wouldnt work. you need a 110v transformer and an appliance designed for use at 110v
2007-01-07 16:27:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋