European lightbulbs in NYC??
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Re: European lightbulbs in NYC?? September 12, 2010 05:43PM |
You have two choices- rewire the house/apartment to supply 208, or change the base of the lamp to use 110v bulbs.
This is because:
100 watt @ 110V = 0.91 ampere, the lightbulb is around 121 ohms of resistance (110/0.91)
100 watt @ 220V = 0.45 ampere, the lightbulb is around 488 ohm of resistance (220/0.45)
When you plug a 121 ohm bulb into 220 it will draw over 180 watts and burn up very quickly. While the 488 ohm bulb will allow about 22 watts to pass.
If the circuit breaker that feeds power to your lamp/luminary only and you can check this by finding that breaker and checking every light switch, every wall socket and checking your heating and cooling works it will be a quick job to switch from 110 to 208 voltage in which you can continue to use European standard lighting original equipment. Should be a quick and relatively cheap job for an electrician. Or you can switch the plug on the cord and switch the lamp base to an ideal match.
This is because:
100 watt @ 110V = 0.91 ampere, the lightbulb is around 121 ohms of resistance (110/0.91)
100 watt @ 220V = 0.45 ampere, the lightbulb is around 488 ohm of resistance (220/0.45)
When you plug a 121 ohm bulb into 220 it will draw over 180 watts and burn up very quickly. While the 488 ohm bulb will allow about 22 watts to pass.
If the circuit breaker that feeds power to your lamp/luminary only and you can check this by finding that breaker and checking every light switch, every wall socket and checking your heating and cooling works it will be a quick job to switch from 110 to 208 voltage in which you can continue to use European standard lighting original equipment. Should be a quick and relatively cheap job for an electrician. Or you can switch the plug on the cord and switch the lamp base to an ideal match.
Re: European lightbulbs in NYC??? January 27, 2011 06:54PM |
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