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I have bought a floor sander that is 230-240v 50hz and 3800w. Is it safe to run it on a household circuit?

I'm in Australia and the question is legit. Why else would I ask it? I have better things to do than sit on the internet all day. Didn't know this was an international fourm. Thanks for your advice A Bee Man.

No problemo - as long as your mains voltage is 230-250v AC.

If the plug doesn't match you'll need to re-wire plug end or use an adapter. At 3500w standard household wiring should be fine - unless you're in an ancient house when you may benefit from having a resistance test done by an electrician to evaluate the carrying capacity of the in-wall cabling.
3500w is at the upper end of 1.5mm gauge cable carrying capacity but as the device is unlikely to be run constantly for long periods its little or low risk. Even if you did by chance do a large section of floor with the sander locked on with no pauses, the worst case is a blown fuse and that would only occur if the load created enough heat to trip circuit breaker or burn out fuse. Again - 3500w ir nearing upper end of safe load for standard wiring but should be quite safe used sensibly (and the 'nature' of sanding is that one will pause the motor every few minutes or so is it not?

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