The Medway Handyman wrote:

Just got back from a trip to Belgium. Bought beer, wine, fags, tobacco.
Gordon Brown forces me to DIY and circumvent his system.

I spent just under £600. Compared it like for like with UK supermarket
prices and realised I just saved myself £500 for a 5 hour round trip door to
door.

I'm starting to wonder how much brand name power tools are in France &
Belgium. Do they work on UK voltage? Since I go every two or so months
this could be interesting!

French tools will work fine here, their system is 220v real 230v
nominal, ours is 240v real 230 nominal, and all new EU tools are
required to be able to operate on either. Both countries are 50Hz.
Belgium I dont know, but most probably the same arrangement. The only
things that dont travel well across the 220/240 divide are filament
bulbs.


NT