I am looking to find out if Craftsman Portable Power Tools will work in the Ukraine?
I am looking to buy the Craftsman 19.2-Volt 4-Tool Kit which are portable power tools that work on a common battery that can be charged for a friend in the Ukraine. I want to get him something that he cannot get there. I was wondering if the battery charger will work on 220V plug that they have in Europe? I know that a lot of things now work on both 110V and 220V and I wanted to check to see if your portable tool battery charger will work on this European voltage also? Also I don’t care about the Warranty. All I care about is IF it will work. I don’t want to purchase this product and then not have it work once I am over there. I know there will be problems such as, as soon as he uses up the blades, that’s it, but I don’t care. I just want it to work for the immediate time. I would like it to work until he uses out the batteries,the blades, or the bits? Will this work with a converter. These are battery operated interchangeable tools. The only thing I need to use their electricity for is to charge the batteries.
I wrote an email to Sears and asked their customer service if it would be possible, and they responded:
Unfortunately, our Craftsman tools are only designed for electrical systems in the United States, which have a voltage of 110 volts and a cycle of 60 Hz. These units will not work in the Ukraine, which has an electrical system with a voltage of 220 volts and a cycle of 50 Hz.
My question is if I can go to Radio Shack and buy a converter to convert 220 volts to a 110 Volts and if it would charge the battery even though they are at 50 Hz rather then our 60 Hz? Will the Hz make a big enough difference where it will not work? Are there any options I might have to purchase this item for a gift? Just wondering. If anyone has any knowledge of Electrical systems or portable power tools, it would be greatly appreciated.
Even if you get a converter the hertz difference still will not work Sorry. The other option would be to buy a power inverter for the car that runs on 12volts and have him plug the charger into that in order to charge the batteries, that way the hertz will not matter. I use this method to charge my batteries while driving to job sites, and it works great.Make sure you get a big enough inverter though. Good luck candyman
The frequency difference between 50hz and 60hz is irrelevant with a portable tool charger. I was an electrician in the military and found ways to charge my batteries anywhere. I used apower inverter similar to this one for a year and my tool still work just fine. And yes I was using a 50hz system.
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Make sure you buy a power inverter and not just an adapter plug for European sockets. The “car battery” solution would be unlikely to work since the vast majority of Ukrainians don’t own cars and don’t drive them much if they do. The “parking lot” for the university where I teach consists of about 40 feet of curbside and there are rarely any vehicles there.
And it’s not “the” Ukraine, it’s just “Ukraine”. There’s no “the”. Taivo