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Default is it OK to use 110V lamps plugged into 220V outlets???

Expat wrote:

Sorry for the confusion in my original post.These are 120V
Incandescent lamps.So If I can find screw in type 220V bulbs I should
be OK then?Thanks for the help so far!


Yes. The regular (medium?) base is a tiny bit different but I can screw
a regular US bulb into a European socket so it should work.

If you have candelabra sockets (the small ones used for refrigerator and
decorative bulbs) you're out of luck, though. No 220V bulbs for those.