On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:16:12 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Brian Sandle wrote:
An old Hitachi electric drill as part of a set with many attachments had
a wrongly wired plug.

This is in New Zealand where the phase is the slanting pin socket on the
left. The sealed Hitachi plug attached to this faulty drill had the red
wire connected to the right hand pin as it is pushed in.

(Fault was less than tight brush scews)

Reversing line and neutral won't stop a drill working.

No, but it will make Brian post to SER about it. That's a powerful
effect in its own!