Samovar: where to buy?

[Edward M Dumanis]

One just needs a voltage converter. 1000W should be okay.
Check, e.g.,
http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/index.html?loadfile=catalog6_0.html
Disclaimer:
It is just the first one that Google brought up.
This message is not intended to advertize any particular dealer.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>


On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, Peter Scotto wrote:

> 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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