"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:02:47 -0000, Dave Plowman (News)
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Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:48:44 -0000, Dave Plowman (News)
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In article ,
Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
Anyway, every time I've seen one of those yellow builders
transformers
for sale, it's referred to as isolating.

Of course it's isolating. That refers to the design of transformer.

Hmmmm, isolating from the mains perhaps. I assumed isolating was
completely isolated, as in floating.

That's what it means. The output winding has no reference to the input
one.

It does on one end in the case of an earthed builder's one.

Using an auto transformer

Oh is that what they're called, I call those Variacs. Very useful.

A Variac is a variable voltage transformer. And entirely different
device.

No, it's an auto transformer where you can move the tap. The coil is in
the same configuration.

to give the 110v would work the tools - but could end
up with 240 on one leg of the output to ground if incorrectly wired
up.

Anything can be dangerous if you wire it up wrong. Don't.

If you could guarantee everything was correctly wired and used safely,
there'd be no need for additional safety precautions.

Safety precautions don't tolerate incorrect wiring.

Double insulated does.