I dont get why you rewire

[Da9L]

When you guys in here rewire your lamps from europe, why do you replace everything (socket, wire, plug and bulb) instead of just replacing the bulb and the plug ? When i got my grande from the USA it had your standard plug ofcourse which i needed to replace with a danish plug, and ofcourse the bulb.

This thread is NOT meant to attack the people who do this, i've just been wondering why they do it and thought that there might be some meaning with it?

I've attached the plug i used as a screenshot.. I just cut the US plug off and took the two wires and connected them inside this plug. And thats it, nothing else was needed, other than the bulb ofcourse. Cant you get a plug like this in the US which can be taken apart ?

[Erin]

How do you wire the cord into a US socket?

[Autumn]

I cut it and solder the wires to it.

[Gwen Williams]

you can buy two prong replacement sockets at pretty much any home repair store, I buy them by the dozen as a DJ

[Erin]

Crap, I meant wire into the PLUG. 

Autumn said:

I cut it and solder the wires to it.

[Autumn]

Same thing.

Erin said:

Crap, I meant wire into the PLUG. 

Autumn said:

I cut it and solder the wires to it.

[LampHead]

 Yes it is the same heat, light etc. The only difference is the way the bulb receives the power, 120 volt has a "hot" and "neutral" wire and 240 volt has 2 "hots".

Erin said:

So is 30W in Europe at 240V the same as 30W in USA at 110V?

[LampHead]

 Answer to the original post....

  Most of us older collectors did not have the options available today when we were buying Mathmos/Crestworth lamps. There were no adapters for sockets or E 14 bulbs available that ran on 120 volt. Our only options were to get a power inverter and run at 240 or convert it to 120, converting was simply the easier cheaper option once you knew how to do it.