I'm shopping on one of the cheap Chinese websites for a replacement hot glue gun.
I've found a site that sells them for a ridiculously cheap price but they come with US and/or EU plugs.
The site also sells the same product with UK plugs fitted but with a higher cost.
I'm making an assumption (maybe a big one ) that a cheap, simple, mass produced item such as a hot glue gun manufactured in somewhere like China is not likely to be earthed.
So would I be able to simply purchase one with a US or EU plug snip it off and wire on a UK plug? Or am I likely to quickly have a fire hazard (quite literally) on my hands.
I wouldn't consider doing this for any other electrical item but my thought process was that this was such a simple product, (I'm guessing it's just a heating element in there) that it might be possible to simply swap plugs.
I've found a site that sells them for a ridiculously cheap price but they come with US and/or EU plugs.
The site also sells the same product with UK plugs fitted but with a higher cost.
I'm making an assumption (maybe a big one ) that a cheap, simple, mass produced item such as a hot glue gun manufactured in somewhere like China is not likely to be earthed.
So would I be able to simply purchase one with a US or EU plug snip it off and wire on a UK plug? Or am I likely to quickly have a fire hazard (quite literally) on my hands.
I wouldn't consider doing this for any other electrical item but my thought process was that this was such a simple product, (I'm guessing it's just a heating element in there) that it might be possible to simply swap plugs.