I found it pretty odd that they riveted the triacs, but the motor windings are all loosey goosey. Those windings vibrating themselves to death seems like the primary failure mode for this long-term.
I've seen plenty of riveted to-220 packages where the rivet spins around loosely after a decade. That, and pop rivets seem like such a good way to cause impact damage to the parts during installation. Idk though. I just read the app notes and pop the rivets into the heat sink like I'm told. Who am I to question?
The thing I love about these blenders, they're basically just a heavy duty restaurant grade machine being sold to consumers. They haven't bothered to cheapen it one bit! But the customers tend to prefer paying for quality when buying these.
It's funny, my wife and I was watching Primitive Technologies' latest video, and she said hey, that dude never talks but is always in front of the camera, but the other dude you always listening to always talk but never shows his face !
I've been abusing my Vitamix 3 to 4 times a week for over 15 years and it is still going strong. I agree it is a proper skookum choocher! But, then again, I haven't fed it a diet of rocks on a regular basis.
All of them share the same innards. Although there were two different motors. The main difference between the pro and the household one is mainly due to the warranty.
@@robertopics It's my understanding that the pro version has a much beefier cooling system that allows it to run under full load basically continuously. I can attest from experience that the home model cannot do that without tripping the thermal overload.
What other gear has passed the test of quality? I have a deep appreciation for overbuilt, quality engineering and construction, but we live in a time of marketing hype and poor warranties.
I have a vitamix that has been used at least once weekly (consumer) for the past 20 years. It still works incredibly well and it's been used to grind frozen food shoved into the blades with a plunger. The only thing is that the plastic pitcher has discolored quite a bit but still is strong.
We’ve had a Vitamix for about 10 years, getting daily use. I freaking love it. Before that we’d burn through a $100 competitor annually. We paid $500 for our current model, and since it’s going strong all this time later, it’s saving us money now (about $100 a year, I’d say). Anyway, I’ve wondered if you’d get around to a BOLTR on this brand. I was excited to see it, and happy to see its decent innards!
" Red Marlboro: 90% tar, 10% cowboy remains "... not frogettin' a little snifter of arsebearsdoziz in the filter, just to keep them bronchial buds a buzzin.
compare an off the shelf new versus old one at a "thrift store". In college, the 20 year old thrift store "find" would chop ice non stop for hours, new one from the mart, 10-20 minutes. Once I discovered how to "get" into the biology building after hours, their chopped ice machine was the king.
I have used the professional ones alot in the kitchen, yes i am a chef watching this channel... they are fantastic machines one of the few ones that do not break, the vitamix and robot coupe are i think the go to machines in the restaurants here in the land of ice.
We used Vitamix, with the stainless container, to crush calcined material from the kiln before millong. Had to use the polycarbonate container for a low iron sample... Melted the container at the blade level. Note, most of the iron contamination was from the blades wearing. (also used Waring blenders 😉😏😎)
I used Triacs before when I constructed a 15 Amps dimmer. Instead of triggering at the half wave only I used the full wave phase current control. That means I've got the full voltage all the time meanwhile I could control the output current, which was nice as a lightdimmer as well as controlling heaters and even motors (drills and anglegrinders), the lamps did not flicker at low load even.
These are made 'bout 45 min away from me - actually assembled in USA (although I have no idea if they outsource the boards to China, wouldn't surprise me if they do). Good to hear that they are more skookum than Blendtec though, the wife insisted on having a Vitamix since she grew up within walking distance of them.
When we run very fine ore, the old timers always use dish soap(grease fighting) to "break surface tension". I seems to help with gold wanting to float through your collection
I just got my first vitamins this afternoon. Watch this video a few times. The one thing I wish they would fix was the potentiometer for the speed control. It just feels cheap, maybe adding some resistance to the dial and making it feel more smooth, but besides that I'm very happy. Do you know if it's possible to swap out the potentiometer for something that feels much nicer to use
Ahhh, the 5200. Classic but it’s the low end though. Just bought the Dyson hair dryer for the lady for Christmas, and another vitamix 750 for birthday.
The Vitamix dial lets you quickly blend by creating laminar flow that drags down perpendicular to the blades. Slowly turn the dial from 1 up so that it maintains a nice smooth speed and sound. And if you load it right and add enough liquid, there's zero need for the tamper.
Hey AvE, recently I was lounging through the local stores, as one does, and I noticed a peculiar device. It looked like a drill at first, but the closer I got it began to change. It turned out to be a “mobile tire inflation device”. I believe it was called the Air Hawk. I called Bull sheet, and I think it might be something for you to check out.
I have an original Vita Mixer 3600 , all stainless steel . Got it used at a yard sale . Gran'ma used it a few time Daughter sells it for 20$ . These things cost over 300$ in the early 70's . I love it , it is dangerously efficient .
This video was SUPER helpful! Assisted me in deciding which blender to purchase. Love to know what’s inside! BTW: Have you taken apart an Instant Pot? If not, would love to know how it’s made. 👍
My parents got a Vitamix back in 1989, and it just recently kicked the bucket after 28 years of daily smoothie blending. They replaced it with one of these new models (I'm not a fan of the plastic enclosure) but the motor kicks even more ass than the '89 model. Torque time.
Hey man. I’m 22 and I’ve learned a good amount basic knowledge of many things from your channel. I’m sorry I cannot be a patreon member. You know.... early 20’s struggle lol. I hope you see this man! Yore awesome dude.
a triac is a bi-direction device that works in both directions of AC. A SCR works in one direction. the triac is pretty much two SCR's back-to-back in a single package. If they use 2, they just wanted to add extra capacity.
The zip ties may seem cheap, but it is because the thing is very user friendly as far as service. I was rebuilding my sister's Vitamix and had a guy from their tech department on the phone while he talked me through hardwiring the motor to test it. You can swap brushes, boards, and the whole motor if you are so inclined. I put a new motor in, and now my sister is back to making food for her family, and I have a disembodied Vitamix motor on my workbench, and I am trying to figure out what I can use it for. (Or what I should not use it for...)
Hey there smart dingleberry mosfets do AC but can only be triggered by DC. As long as the voltage between the gate and the source is DC, a mosfet is essentially a wire
A TRIAC is a bi-directional device, you're thinking an SCR (aka Thyristor) that's unidirectional. Also with TRIAC/SCR once triggered, they stay on until the voltage goes back to 0 (which happens 60 times/sec). Motor control is done by delaying when you trigger the TRIAC from the point of the zero-crossing.
For consumer goods there is still the Sous Vide devices. I have a Joule which is pretty nice but it starts screaming when it gets too hot and I wonder how it can do 1100-1200 watts of heating in 2 inches of metal inside, with what seems like a rc car motor to push water through it. Also only Bluetooth/wifi to run it. Wonder how long it will run.
That was some good ore... if all the shinies were gold.... do you guys actually leave it as a blender?.... I got a 2nd hand blender / food processor thingy to make into a ball mill (it was called a ladyship or something) it has amazing torque even when producing relatively low RPM our gold is already fine as .... so grinding heck out of it is not really an issue but I don’t need quite that much excitement... and I suspect granite, breccia and iron stone wouldn’t blend quite as well ...
A friend of mine brought his Vitamix over to the house for a party and after using it compared to my consumer duty ones I had to upgrade. My regular ones were both far inferior and would break down every year or so because I use it nearly every day so even with the high cost of the Vitamix it is cheaper in the long run and a much better machine. For any "Corner Gas" fans I tell my friend he bumped me up into a new blender bracket...lol Surprised about the zip tied windings but they offer a 7 year warranty and unlike most companies they actually do fix their product if it fails so this must not be a regular failure point. I had a small issue with my speed control on a 5 year old blender so sent an email and then sent out a shipping label and instructions and a couple days after they received it then shipped it back out repaired and as good as new.
Hopping onto this late, but I'd love to see more of these centered around kitchen appliances. We use Vitamix in most professional kitchens, but we also use Robot Coupe immersion blenders and food processors. If you have the inclination to get your hands on one, I would be interested to see a breakdown. They're considered the industry standard in terms of build quality but I've never seen the inside of one. You can find them here: www.robot-coupe.com/en-usa/catalogue/power-mixers,4/mp-800-turbo,156/
Screws on the transistors with heat and blender level vibration would probably work loose...? Hence rivets? Another good home owner kitchen brand - at least, for espresso machines - is Breville. Those are nice on the insides. The higher end ones are (or were) very nice on the outsides too - with all stainless steel and proper buttons.
I've been waiting for this one - one of the most expensive consumer kitchen tools. Most of the marketing going into the speed control (which is silly - as speed control tech is ridiculously inexpensive these days)
yeah - that's clear. The hype comes from the need to keep speeds low to satisfy "raw" diets, which maintain that high RPMs "cook" the raw food too much.
Rippims cooking. Yeah that sounds like the same kind of marketing those miracle oil filters had that used a roll of toilet paper as the filter element.
Damn FCC black censor strips always take the fun out of my TH-cam time!
Yeah, it took the joy of my life!
Tyz3r796 - some of us prefer to anonamass
He's just protecting us from the samsquanch reflecto-porn.
They riveted the power semiconductors because they're in a high vibration environment. That screw is crawling out eventually, loctite or not!
Why use Loctite or a rivet when you can cross thread a screw?
I found it pretty odd that they riveted the triacs, but the motor windings are all loosey goosey. Those windings vibrating themselves to death seems like the primary failure mode for this long-term.
I've seen plenty of riveted to-220 packages where the rivet spins around loosely after a decade. That, and pop rivets seem like such a good way to cause impact damage to the parts during installation. Idk though. I just read the app notes and pop the rivets into the heat sink like I'm told. Who am I to question?
The thing I love about these blenders, they're basically just a heavy duty restaurant grade machine being sold to consumers. They haven't bothered to cheapen it one bit! But the customers tend to prefer paying for quality when buying these.
Confirmed 2:06 Uncle Bumblefuck is a black box with arms.
AvE is actually a japanese genital with arms, confirmed.
Black box, white arms. Best of two worlds.
Eugene Pougatch ewww
Can we all draw (in mspaint) what we think he looks like and post here
It's funny, my wife and I was watching Primitive Technologies' latest video, and she said hey, that dude never talks but is always in front of the camera, but the other dude you always listening to always talk but never shows his face !
Its a stange world in an even stranger time :D
thats your comment on this video?..
I've been abusing my Vitamix 3 to 4 times a week for over 15 years and it is still going strong. I agree it is a proper skookum choocher! But, then again, I haven't fed it a diet of rocks on a regular basis.
This is the household version. Imagine how well built the pro version is
All of them share the same innards. Although there were two different motors. The main difference between the pro and the household one is mainly due to the warranty.
@@robertopics It's my understanding that the pro version has a much beefier cooling system that allows it to run under full load basically continuously. I can attest from experience that the home model cannot do that without tripping the thermal overload.
@@Yoda63 you're right, but the motors themselves have the same power rating.
Awesome video as usual. I have one of these blendahs. It’ll rip a priest off a choir boy
I have an older one, I'd bet it could chew through anything.
One of the funniest things I’ve ever read Brotha 😂😂
i'm pro igbt but i have mixed feelings about transisters
SuperAWaC hahahahahahahahahanahahahaahahahahanahahahahahahaha
SuperAWaC I'm can't stop laughing!
please put that on a TSHIRT
SuperAWaC ha. Damn genius 😹
That's the nerdiest joke I've heard all month. KUDOS! HAHAHAHA!
Damn; your German is getting better and better! Fröhliche Weihnachten, AvE!
alles klar klaus no komerades here mein freund. communism is for die arme Menschen
alles klar klaus halt bitte die Klappe mit solchen Aussagen..
Raeffwaeff nein
Raeffwaeff wir sind hier ja nicht im kindergarten
What other gear has passed the test of quality? I have a deep appreciation for overbuilt, quality engineering and construction, but we live in a time of marketing hype and poor warranties.
Great video. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.
I have a vitamix that has been used at least once weekly (consumer) for the past 20 years. It still works incredibly well and it's been used to grind frozen food shoved into the blades with a plunger. The only thing is that the plastic pitcher has discolored quite a bit but still is strong.
you have NO IDEA the pleasure I have every time I buy something and AFTER I see this kind of review from you... pffff! It's a keeper!
Merry Christmas to you and your family from Northern Ireland.
We’ve had a Vitamix for about 10 years, getting daily use. I freaking love it. Before that we’d burn through a $100 competitor annually. We paid $500 for our current model, and since it’s going strong all this time later, it’s saving us money now (about $100 a year, I’d say).
Anyway, I’ve wondered if you’d get around to a BOLTR on this brand. I was excited to see it, and happy to see its decent innards!
AvE, Thank you so much for reducing the volume while you blended your quarts rocks.
It's not the length' it's the girth that makes her squeal!
what's more important length or girth? neither turns out it's consent.
HighFlyer like a thrown punch at a bar!
Alarmed Hominids have some serious girth.
terry jenkins i
Cant have one without the other partner
Red Marlboro: 90% tar, 10% cowboy remains
shurdi3 shut up and smoke your cigar some more
That's why you should smoke Lucky Strike cigarettes, remember Lucky Strike means fine tobacco
You've never heard anyone on their death bed say "oh man. I wish I ate more brussel sprouts"
" Red Marlboro: 90% tar, 10% cowboy remains "... not frogettin' a little snifter of arsebearsdoziz in the filter, just to keep them bronchial buds a buzzin.
MARLBORO RED IS PEOPLE
Can you take apart a $10 dollar blender next?
compare an off the shelf new versus old one at a "thrift store". In college, the 20 year old thrift store "find" would chop ice non stop for hours, new one from the mart, 10-20 minutes. Once I discovered how to "get" into the biology building after hours, their chopped ice machine was the king.
He just did. That's what it costs to actually manufacture one of these.
*has a vitamix that he found in a thrift store*
I have used the professional ones alot in the kitchen, yes i am a chef watching this channel... they are fantastic machines one of the few ones that do not break, the vitamix and robot coupe are i think the go to machines in the restaurants here in the land of ice.
Thank you for lowering the volume when you started the vitamix
Dang your videos are good.. thank you for sharing them with us.
We used Vitamix, with the stainless container, to crush calcined material from the kiln before millong.
Had to use the polycarbonate container for a low iron sample...
Melted the container at the blade level.
Note, most of the iron contamination was from the blades wearing.
(also used Waring blenders 😉😏😎)
The “vita-vagamix” makes a come back!
I used Triacs before when I constructed a 15 Amps dimmer. Instead of triggering at the half wave only I used the full wave phase current control. That means I've got the full voltage all the time meanwhile I could control the output current, which was nice as a lightdimmer as well as controlling heaters and even motors (drills and anglegrinders), the lamps did not flicker at low load even.
These are made 'bout 45 min away from me - actually assembled in USA (although I have no idea if they outsource the boards to China, wouldn't surprise me if they do). Good to hear that they are more skookum than Blendtec though, the wife insisted on having a Vitamix since she grew up within walking distance of them.
oh man, i from Germany and i felt home in the first seconds
your a f****** god
love you man just continue your work on TH-cam
Is the Quietest blender I've ever heard of. Heh 😋
Ich liebe es wenn er versucht Deutsch zu sprechen :D
Micro_ 33 Und wenn man versucht Deutsch zu schreiben, immer auf die korrekte Interpunktion achten, sonst erhält man Kommentare wie dieser. :-)
diesen*
rookieno1 Der war gut :) Über Zeichensetzung bei einem Kommentar meckern und dabei gramatische Fehler einbauen, einfach wunderbar
ja war nicht ma übel. und gut geflucht das is das wichtigste :D
"Fick dich vitamix"war einfach das beste.
hells yeah been waiting for this one, thanks. Could you please do a Kirby vacuum someday?
The attention to detail on that reflection.
As a German I can tell you partner: Dein Deutsch ist erste Sahne ;)
Thanks for another great video, the intros never fail to make me crack up
The new one is EVEN BETTER! I have one. It is an unkillable machine of pure awesomeness!
So viel deutsch am Stück habe ich noch nie von dir gehört. :D
Love your videos!
When we run very fine ore, the old timers always use dish soap(grease fighting) to "break surface tension". I seems to help with gold wanting to float through your collection
I just got my first vitamins this afternoon. Watch this video a few times. The one thing I wish they would fix was the potentiometer for the speed control. It just feels cheap, maybe adding some resistance to the dial and making it feel more smooth, but besides that I'm very happy. Do you know if it's possible to swap out the potentiometer for something that feels much nicer to use
Already on yt when an ave video gets uploaded? Its a christmas miracle!
11:40 I was cracking up. Have a great holiday man.
Dude I love that little saw so much I wanna buy one lol
THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT VIDEO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Ahhh, the 5200. Classic but it’s the low end though. Just bought the Dyson hair dryer for the lady for Christmas, and another vitamix 750 for birthday.
The Vitamix dial lets you quickly blend by creating laminar flow that drags down perpendicular to the blades. Slowly turn the dial from 1 up so that it maintains a nice smooth speed and sound. And if you load it right and add enough liquid, there's zero need for the tamper.
Hey AvE, recently I was lounging through the local stores, as one does, and I noticed a peculiar device. It looked like a drill at first, but the closer I got it began to change. It turned out to be a “mobile tire inflation device”. I believe it was called the Air Hawk. I called Bull sheet, and I think it might be something for you to check out.
You are having way to much fun with that minature chain saw.
Me and the lady have a vitamix. I have to say it's pretty sweet. That sucker spins so fast it can cook soup.
Made soup with mine once. Blew my mind
AvE is among the greatest heroes to emerge from our Northern Corporate Appendage. Greets from the USA!
That floating censor bar was a nice catch
I have an original Vita Mixer 3600 , all stainless steel . Got it used at a yard sale . Gran'ma used it a few time Daughter sells it for 20$ . These things cost over 300$ in the early 70's . I love it , it is dangerously efficient .
quietest blender ever.. amazing
This video was SUPER helpful! Assisted me in deciding which blender to purchase. Love to know what’s inside!
BTW: Have you taken apart an Instant Pot? If not, would love to know how it’s made. 👍
insta pot comming right up!
Merry Christmas AVE!
Thanks for the video! Any chance you can open up some carbon foam batteries?))
My parents got a Vitamix back in 1989, and it just recently kicked the bucket after 28 years of daily smoothie blending. They replaced it with one of these new models (I'm not a fan of the plastic enclosure) but the motor kicks even more ass than the '89 model. Torque time.
Nice Video Ave, I always enjoy your videos! I also remember the Jucero... Please give a hug to your Chicky, and have a Merry Christmas
OMMG YEESSS!!! IVE BEEN ASKING/WAITINNG FOR THIS FOREVER!@!!@!!@!@#!@
Hey man. I’m 22 and I’ve learned a good amount basic knowledge of many things from your channel. I’m sorry I cannot be a patreon member. You know.... early 20’s struggle lol. I hope you see this man! Yore awesome dude.
I have a Vitamix blender and it sure crushes ice I haven't tried it on rocks though.
Happy cristmas-eve everyone!
High greetings from germany!
a triac is a bi-direction device that works in both directions of AC. A SCR works in one direction. the triac is pretty much two SCR's back-to-back in a single package. If they use 2, they just wanted to add extra capacity.
metal blower wheel. Off the shelf part in HVAC. The blower wheel for an induced draft motor which assists flue gases through the flue.
I freaking died when he said "frame you fuck!" 🤣🤣🤣
Was that a lighter flint strike I heard when you supposedly put the cigs up your nose?
that precision vice off to the side at the start looks EXACTLY like the one i made in the machinist program at BCIT!!! in my first year!!
Looking forward to a traditional reading of Burroughs on Christmas day.
Aaaaare you sure one of those TO220s isn’t the linear regulator for the digital logic, and the other one a triac ??
Any chance you can deconstruct an electronic pressure cooker soon?
The zip ties may seem cheap, but it is because the thing is very user friendly as far as service. I was rebuilding my sister's Vitamix and had a guy from their tech department on the phone while he talked me through hardwiring the motor to test it. You can swap brushes, boards, and the whole motor if you are so inclined. I put a new motor in, and now my sister is back to making food for her family, and I have a disembodied Vitamix motor on my workbench, and I am trying to figure out what I can use it for. (Or what I should not use it for...)
Did you already do a tear down of the Dewalt XR? I can not find it.
Hey there smart dingleberry mosfets do AC but can only be triggered by DC. As long as the voltage between the gate and the source is DC, a mosfet is essentially a wire
Merry Christmas!!
pretty accurate German here. From where did it emerge?
A TRIAC is a bi-directional device, you're thinking an SCR (aka Thyristor) that's unidirectional. Also with TRIAC/SCR once triggered, they stay on until the voltage goes back to 0 (which happens 60 times/sec). Motor control is done by delaying when you trigger the TRIAC from the point of the zero-crossing.
irish smokes.. Dublin Duty Free's Finest
For consumer goods there is still the Sous Vide devices. I have a Joule which is pretty nice but it starts screaming when it gets too hot and I wonder how it can do 1100-1200 watts of heating in 2 inches of metal inside, with what seems like a rc car motor to push water through it. Also only Bluetooth/wifi to run it. Wonder how long it will run.
Wait is the pitcher the same one from the blendtec? I think I may have landed on a different timeline, gonna go check my ginch to confirm usage.
That was some good ore... if all the shinies were gold.... do you guys actually leave it as a blender?.... I got a 2nd hand blender / food processor thingy to make into a ball mill (it was called a ladyship or something) it has amazing torque even when producing relatively low RPM our gold is already fine as .... so grinding heck out of it is not really an issue but I don’t need quite that much excitement... and I suspect granite, breccia and iron stone wouldn’t blend quite as well ...
you can do cull wave control with a single triac though, I'm still wondering why they have 2, not like the thing's gonna pull 24 amps
I love your German intro 😂😂
Greetings from Germany marry chrystmas..
Don't they sometimes intentionally leave the windings un-potted/resin'd? Can't remember why but aren't there reasons at times?
A friend of mine brought his Vitamix over to the house for a party and after using it compared to my consumer duty ones I had to upgrade. My regular ones were both far inferior and would break down every year or so because I use it nearly every day so even with the high cost of the Vitamix it is cheaper in the long run and a much better machine. For any "Corner Gas" fans I tell my friend he bumped me up into a new blender bracket...lol
Surprised about the zip tied windings but they offer a 7 year warranty and unlike most companies they actually do fix their product if it fails so this must not be a regular failure point. I had a small issue with my speed control on a 5 year old blender so sent an email and then sent out a shipping label and instructions and a couple days after they received it then shipped it back out repaired and as good as new.
This is gold
I like the reflection block at 206 there is still quite a lot of Reflections in there though
Next time, try to frame the unboxing better, but thanks for the vijeo!
Also thanks for cutting out the blender racket!
Vuggy is one of my favorite words
Whatever floods your gold!
GENIUS
Aah, german AvE, what is better during these festive times?
A merry christmas I wish upon thee, mr Fucklebumb.
Can you test the Ingersoll rand power sockets & explain how & why they work so great.
Can you do a tear down on an Oster Pro 1200 blender? It uses a boroglass jar.
16 years ago a restaurant i worked at bought one..... its still works
Hopping onto this late, but I'd love to see more of these centered around kitchen appliances. We use Vitamix in most professional kitchens, but we also use Robot Coupe immersion blenders and food processors. If you have the inclination to get your hands on one, I would be interested to see a breakdown. They're considered the industry standard in terms of build quality but I've never seen the inside of one.
You can find them here:
www.robot-coupe.com/en-usa/catalogue/power-mixers,4/mp-800-turbo,156/
Screws on the transistors with heat and blender level vibration would probably work loose...? Hence rivets?
Another good home owner kitchen brand - at least, for espresso machines - is Breville. Those are nice on the insides. The higher end ones are (or were) very nice on the outsides too - with all stainless steel and proper buttons.
I've been waiting for this one - one of the most expensive consumer kitchen tools. Most of the marketing going into the speed control (which is silly - as speed control tech is ridiculously inexpensive these days)
Well, their speed control is pretty scoocum. So they do have some factual wank to market.
yeah - that's clear. The hype comes from the need to keep speeds low to satisfy "raw" diets, which maintain that
high RPMs "cook" the raw food too much.
Rippims cooking. Yeah that sounds like the same kind of marketing those miracle oil filters had that used a roll of toilet paper as the filter element.
jake carvey Reminds me. Another channel absolutely did boil water with just a blender recently... Action Lab.
thanks, learned some new asinine remarks for my repertoire.
You get paid to make videos where you destroy machines! YOU SIR ARE MY HERO!!!
i was wondering why the black bars were there and I realized it was AvE's face.
Very slick.
Didn't you do the whole ore in the blender thing once before?
that was a blendtec and I think it failed on the rocks.
rewatch the start when he mentioned he had forgotten he had used it for such Vijay
Mr. Bumblefvck, the black box says 230v on it. Does it mean the blender can be directly connected to a 230v outlet and work just fine?
I never knew raw gold was brass colored!