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Got to be a 110v: if you bide your time you can pick up a transformer on e-bay for £30; just wait until there is one offered locally as the shipping is a killer.
If you've got a 110v you can work on any site and of course it is safer.
We have a petrol Belle with a Honda engine and, whilst she is brilliant, she is damn noisy to be standing alongside, all day.
Sorry to be contrary but its Got to be a 240V, then you can use it without having to lug around a transformer which is a pain although 110 is safer. The newer belles are great but buy a spare switch as it will break.
240v for me too.
I have a 240v belle! but I would suggest you buy a 110v as it is much safer! Electric mixer works for me as i dont have to fork out on expensive petrol to run it as i use the customers supply!! Saved a bloody fortune!
Are 110v really that much safer? I mean what are the chances of getting an electric shock when using a cement mixer anyway?
We have a belle 240v, wouldn't be any other way. 110v means lugging a transformer about too, then you use either a 240 extention lead to get to the transformer, or you then have to also carry a 110 extention lead just for the mixer.
If most of your work is residential then 240 and RCD, if mainly commercial with electricity in close supply 110 if its not you you offten work more than 30m away from the power source then petrol.
A conventional free standing Belle 240 for us, got 15 years out of last one, with one replacement drum and one new motor (bit like Trigger's broom) and it did a lot of work. Had no hesitation in replacing with identical model which will see me out. An RCD should ensure safety, although most building sites will insist on 110v.
Colins right - you won't get on a building site with a 240V mixer. You might also get in a pickle if you electrocute an employee using a 240 machine.
I have to say that the Belle mixer is one of the best value bits of kit you can buy. if you can pursuade your chaps to not beat the crap out of the drum they last for years and years.
Dave
www.the-gardenmakers.co.uk
I have worked on plenty of sites with 240V supply. People often have a misconception that it is illegal to use 240 on a site and that's just not the case.
A Common cause of electrcution is from a damaged flex, and htis is where 110v becomes much safer as it is effectively 2x55v to earth