I lived for 12 years in Europe and Asia, and ended up shipping home to the USA a good Makita router and a Bosch sander and jigsaw. These tools were made to work on 220V/50Hz.
Are these worthless here? Or can I wire 220V from my breaker box to power these?
Is the frequency an issue, as well as the voltage?
Our family lived in S Korea for 2 years, which has 220V/60 Hz power. Then we moved to Hong Kong, taking along a couple of kitchen appliances. These "made for S Korea" appliances worked but were slow, presumable because HK power is 220V/50Hz.
Thanks for any advice!