Chandelier going from 110V to 230V?

The OP might simply want to send a sample bulb to the cousin. If the cousin can locate a similar bulb locally that works at 230, problem solved...

It probably won't "blow up in flames," but you'd probably blow the bulbs almost immediately. At 230V, you'd be pushing more than 2X the power through the bulbs. I'm not sure about a 230V bulb in a 110V socket, but perhaps you can purchase a step-down voltage converter.

Mike

just send it there they will know what to do i have portugese relatives, lots of electrcians there and real resourceful

I tried to research this on the web and I found a sentence that said that bulb sockets are standardized all over the world, just like battery sizes.

If that is so you just have to find replacement lamps with the same sockets but the portuguese voltage.

If that chandelier has some very strange bulb sockets this might not work, but replacing the sockets is fairly easy too, if you need to go that far.

If you want more detailed advice you should describe the socket or the socket part of the lamps as exactly as you can, so we can check if that socket type is available at 230V.

Sockets and lamps often have a number on them, so tell us all markings and text you can find on a lamp, both on the glass and on the socket part of the lamp. Describe what the socket looks like, measure its diameter, etc..

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Roger J.

Thanks for all the replies. I am glad to know that it is not a big problem at all. The sockets are just the regular sockets we have here and if the sockets are standard worldwide then it should work with a

230V light bulb. I don't even have to change plugs because it has no plugs. The wires are to be connected directly with the ceiling supply wires. I wished all my problems would be as easy to solve as this one. Thanks for the advice. Roy

Should be no problems at all !! As said, if you cant handle it, one of the local tradespeople would walk it in one hand behind their backs :-)

-- Regards ........... Rheilly Phoull

Screw sockets for light bulbs are standardised (usually E10 or E27), bajonet sockets can be more of a problem. All bulbs of course need to be exchanged, as the 110 V bulbs will live only a fraction of a second on

230 V.

Note that if the chandelier is very old the wires should be replaced, as the insulation may have become brittle over the years. I have seen examples with naked copper looking through! Better safe than sorry.

Twice the voltage will drive twice the current through the given resistance, since power is votage times current doubling the voltagge results in 4 times the power.