Samovar: where to buy?

[Peter Scotto]

Well! All the sites that say sell Russian-made samovars say they work fine with
110v - they just take a little longer to boil. 

Thanks for the tip!

> 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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