Cordless Tool Power Supply

I can't remember exactly what I was looking to rewire, but safety was the reason given not to on some UK forum.

Would changing the plug affect the warranty?

I believe that non-rewirable (moulded) plugs are designed as such in order that the plug isn't reused, rather than the cable. The reason being that a moulded plug can have a plastic earth pin if the device is designed without need for an earth - reusing that plug on an earthed device would be dangerous, so the plug is moulded on to prevent reuse.

That's my theory anyway.

Why or are you jumping to conclusions?

Firstly despite the OP's link its not a link to their purchase on Amazon.de. Secondly Germany afaik uses 220-240V so good chance that is what the OP bought. Then if what the OP bought really was "good value BTW, even after shipping" it could have been a chinese knock off and they all seem to be dual voltage.

Just to be sure the OP needs to turn the charger over and check to see if the rating plate states 240 Volts on it. As a small note of caution the 120V version of the DC18RC states its 240W, thats Watts and not voltage so might be mixed up with 240V? It should say something like 240V ~ 50-60Hz.

You're overthinking it OP, just snip off 2 pin plug and fit a standard 3 pin - Job done

I reread the specs and it does say its 120v and do not use it but send it back as its not 240v.

It says its 120v not 240v

But is it not a 120v unit ??

Double check the sticker on unit says 220-240v then your okay .

Once the charger says 240v we be happy and you be alive another day.

I have a laptop here with a strange plug going into an adapter 13 amp plug and does not bother me as its in a fixed position.

Its really annoying DeWalt do exactly the same thing. They'll have a charger for say the US that only runs at 120V and one for the UK that runs on 240V and other for Germany that runs on 240V but all with different plugs. Yet they all have the same model number.

Why they don't use a switched power supply that runs on 100V all the way up to 240V like most laptop power supplies I don't know? Must be cheaper to do it the way they do? If you check youtube you'll see its often only a matter of changing two components to make a 120V charger 240V compatible.

One of the easiest ways of checking if you have a chinese knock off charger (DeWalt/Makita) is that it will be dual voltage and take 120V or 240V if the chinese knock off merchants can do that why can't the OEM's?