110V to 230V: Convert USA Lamp to Polish Standard E14 Bulb & Voltage Adaptation

Is it possible to easily convert the lamp from the USA 110V to the Polish standard 230V and change the input of the bulb from the input to the TYPE B bulb (probably the E12 screw) to the typical Polish type, eg E14?

You can. Take it to an electrician.

thank you for the quick reply
and will it be necessary to replace the cables in the lamp?

Perhaps, but I don't think there would be a need.

On the English auction site, I bought a plug / adapter from an American bulb to a European one that is screwed in before the bulbs. The cost of a few zlotys and the lamp works perfectly

Until it burns out. As purely theoretically - as they teach me at school - it would be appropriate to count the resistance and throw in a current limiting resistor.

mikolaj. wrote:

Until it burns out. As purely theoretically - as they teach me at school - it would be appropriate to count the resistance and throw in a current limiting resistor.

You write nonsense.
The 230V bulb will burn out? I think he's kidding about this current limiting resistor. However, I suggest being more careful in the lessons.

I would focus more on the parameters of the "lamp" itself (chandelier, luminaire?), Mainly the rated voltage. If the manufacturer says 110V on the housing, under no circumstances can it be connected to higher voltage, even after using "adapters".

I had the same problem as the author of the topic and I was able to buy 230V bulbs with a US thread in Poland without any problems. The source of these bulbs turned out to be small lamps with a cap, in plastic housings, put directly into contact, in shops with "Chinese food", such "everything" for a few zlotys.
I solved the problem of plugs in two ways, with adapters in many stores in Poland, or cutting and replacing the plug. All the rest of the lamp installation, unchanged.
Initially, having US bulbs in stock (for 120V), I connected the appropriate diode (1N1007, built in the plug) in series and powered it with 230V, there is a slight flickering 50Hz, but the bedside lamp, not for reading in bed, and you can bear this flickering (not all of them even pay attention to it).
Regards.

Łukasz-O wrote:

If the manufacturer says 110V on the housing, under no circumstances can it be connected to higher voltage, even after using "adapters".

If possible, I would ask for an explanation of the contraindications.

Luke-O
My fault, somehow I imagined that the author wants to connect a 230 bulb using a lower voltage, and in such a situation my idea would probably be appropriate?

You can connect two bulbs in series and the voltage problem is over your head, and as for the plug, as the colleague wrote above in the store, "everything for a few zlotys" is available.

Regards Mazi

olekt2002 wrote:

Łukasz-O wrote:

If the manufacturer says 110V on the housing, under no circumstances can it be connected to higher voltage, even after using "adapters".

If possible, I would ask for an explanation of the contraindications.

Actually, I should send you to read about basic electric shock protection. And there, the first way is - insulation (other such as insulation partitions, protective barriers, voltage drops, etc. are not possible in the case of a device such as a lamp. Ready lamp. may be higher than this voltage, then failure to adapt such a limitation is stupidity, in addition, stupidity "falling under the paragraph" as it threatens the lives of users of a given device.
Regards.

mikolaj. wrote:

Luke-O
My fault, somehow I imagined that the author wants to connect a 230 bulb using a lower voltage, and in such a situation my idea would probably be appropriate?

Not. Would not be suitable. Please don't embarrass yourself.