At 10:17 PM 6/27/2007, Peter Schauss wrote:
>We recently sent some furniture to my daughter who lives in
>Helsinki. I converted some floor and table lamps for her by
>removing the U.S. plug and replacing it with a pin style plug which
>matches the outlets in her apartment. I reasoned that since the
>amperage at 220 volts for a given size bulb is half of what it is at
>110 volts there would be no reason to replace
My understanding has been the current is more demanding of
conductors, switches, etc than voltage. So doubling the voltage &
halving the current should be ok. But you really need to go with
code over there. Wouldn't wanna burn down the flat for one lamp, eh?
But shipping furniture & lamps clear across the pond? Wouldn't it be
easier to give her some funds and send her to the local Ikea or whatever?
-WC
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