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No - industrial tools are generally 110v ("for safety" - actually to stop pilfering) but as Audio pointed out most people who would pinch such devices have a 230/110V step-down transformer. Easy to get a 3 phase supply here too, after supplying the electricity company with a large pile of folding cash and being prepared to pay extra for having it every month too...
We do have 'strange fused plugs' but it does mean that you generally have appropriate protection for an appliance (a 16A breaker/fuse on a 300W device is not as "protective" as it being fused in the plug at 3A) - aside from the size of the UK plug and how much they hurt when you tread on them in bare feet, I prefer it that way
We do have 'strange fused plugs' but it does mean that you generally have appropriate protection for an appliance (a 16A breaker/fuse on a 300W device is not as "protective" as it being fused in the plug at 3A) - aside from the size of the UK plug and how much they hurt when you tread on them in bare feet, I prefer it that way