Samovar: where to buy?

[Emily Saunders]

Just a note:  I possess a working electric samovar, purchased in  
Russia, and have discovered the following point.  Because of the  
110/220 difference and because the samovar is a heating unit, you won't  
actually be able to heat water to boiling in a Russian (or even  
European) made samovar if you plug it in in the US or Canada.  You can  
vaguely keep previously heated water warm in it, but... it'll  
ultimately serve a more decorative than functional purpose.  There is  
just no adaptor that'll make a 110 electrical source provide enough  
juice to get a 220 heating coil up to temp.  I suppose that an  
electrically minded person might be able to change out the heating  
coil, though.

;-)

Emily Saunders

On Sep 1, 2006, at 6:25 AM, Peter Scotto wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a nice, reliable distributor of working Russian  
> electric
> samovars in the USA or Canada (so the shipping doesn't kill me)?
>
> I would like to purchase one for our Russian Department.
>
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
>
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