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mona megalla
Oct 29, 2007, 07:44 PM
Hi
I brought a chandelier from Europe to usa & after connecting it to electricity , we found that its light is very very weak!!
The handy man said may be you need to change its 220 volt thin wires to thick 110 volt wires ?
Could you please advice me how to solve this & which kind of shop deals with that kind of proplems?
Thanks a lot

colbtech
Oct 30, 2007, 08:20 AM
I would not expect the chandelier wiring to drop much voltage. Get a qualified electrician to measure the voltage at the fitting, and check that the wiring to the fitting is OK.

KISS
Oct 30, 2007, 09:15 AM
Did you change the bulbs to 120 Volt ones? It will be fine once you do that.

labman
Oct 30, 2007, 09:46 AM
Yeah 120 volt bulbs, and don't let the handyman do any electrical work.