[Oh good it went through! Finally🥵
Been trying to post this for a week now but couldn’t get the darn pictures through… I think they were too big so trying now again with smaller JPEGs ….]
When I just started out a few years back , I got my first Festool on eBay , it was a used 110v US RO150, and the moment I realised it needs dust extraction so it can actually do what it was made to do, I purchased a 240v UK MIDI-I ,also on eBay. I wrote about this here on this good forum, and the good folk here helped me out on how to handle the situation. Later on also got an ETS-EC 150, also 110v from the US.
After a while I fabricated this contraption: The Sys Transform. It’s just a step up/down transformer bolted to an aluminium chassis , tucked in a Sys T-Loc II . A few cuts with the Dremel made some holes in the Systainer for the cables goin in n out,similar to the Sys Power Hub . Got some accessories on Amazon , the socket housing with protector, and two industrial grade adaptors for UK n EU sockets.
I don’t use it so much anymore cause since then I got both those machines in 230v , but it’s served me well for the time I needed it. No issues except the occasional circuit trip upon turning on the transformer ,in which case I would just leave the transformer on ,go flip the circuit breaker back on, and I was good to go. I’m no electrician, but I’m guessing if my place had a larger voltage capacity that would not even happen( dunno the proper terminology).Used it for extended periods of time too, and the transformer would never heat up or anything.
It was pretty heavy to lug around, but when I used it, like you see in the pics, it was mostly sittin snug on the MIDI .
A big bonus ,that I only figured out later on, when I mustered the gusto to try it, was that the MIDI’s auto-on function worked flawlessly when I connected the Sys XForm directly to it( used it with a Bluetooth Remote up till then) . So that was cool.
Hope this helps any.
