European male to U.S. female

[James Riley]

Background: I bought a Frankford Arsenal brass tumbler without looking. It has a two prong European plug. The product is 230v 50Hz 31w. I bought a converter at Ace but it does not work. The converter accepts the European plug in it's female side, but has a regular 110 plug on the U.S. male side. When I plug it in my house 110, no joy. I assume the tumbler needs two hots?

My shop has a receptacle that looks like a 110 but it has a ground on top, a horizontal slot on the left, and lazy "T" slot on the right. I get 240v when I put my volt meter in both slots so I assume it has two hots.

I also bought a 20 amp 250v plug. It fits in my receptacle but the prong that would go in the lazy "T" is not a "T". It's just vertical.

Question: Can I cut the cord on the tumbler and put the new U.S. plug on it and use it in the receptacle? Thanks for any help.

 

[Megawatt]

Hi Megawatt: No, I did not. I went to ABC in Pueblo (150 mile round trip) and they sent me to Blazer. No one could figure it out. I came home boxed it up and shipped it back for a full refund (Amazon). I then ordered a Lyman product with a regular 110 cord.

While maybe I should have noticed something funny about the "230v" in the add, I don't think I was too unreasonable expecting U.S. product. I thought with a name like "Frankford" maybe they were from Germany and, with Globalization, and Amazon and whatnot, maybe I'm just an old man expecting the world to revolve around the U.S. But then I found they are out of Missouri. What the . . .?

Anyway, I'm running a week or more behind but I decided to take up reloading as a "slow down" hobby, so there you go . . . LOL!

Anyway, thanks for the input. All the best.

James I’m so glad you learned from This experience and yes you really don’t know what you are buying online. At least you wasn’t hurt or caught your house on fire. I wish you all the best and if you EVER need assistance please come back to this fabulous forum. The people on this forum are very smart on electrical and always have your safety in mind. Good luck my friend and have a great weekend