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May 5, 2008 | 7:19 am

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Originally Posted by birdstrike

Amps = Watts/Volts

Need someone from a 220V country to chime in here, but it seems to me that for a purely resistive device, like a lightbulb, you are going to be pulling the same current for a given brightness of bulb?

I don't see where any re-wiring would be needed.

While living in Italy I used American made lamps without any problem - just have to remember to switch out the 110 bulbs for 220 bulbs

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