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I just received my new Jet today and I have another Astro on the way... I know I am going to need to buy a few more converters but my question is about the Jet. A year or so back I bought two Jets from an American seller on eBay and he sent two "converters" in the package. I plugged them in and have never had an issue. Well I was doing some research the last couple days trying to find something similar to what I was using on my other two Jets and I believe I have come to the realization that the "converters" aren't wattage converters. Is this possible? Have I just gotten lucky that nothing has happened?

There is a sticker on the converters that says "for export only travel adapter"

I have posted a couple pictures of the converters I have been using on the two Jets... Let me know what you guys think. 

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Oh yes, and I appreciate everyone's knowledge and input! 

Thanks goo heads! Hope you are all doing well!

Now that your seriously collecting EU lava lamps, its time to step up

Buy a large unit and run 1/2 @220V power strips off of it.

make sure that when you add up all of the wattages of the lamps you want to run (and future expansion), add 20%+ for electrical tolerances. and heat resistance

https://www.amazon.com/SEVENSTAR-2000-Watt-Voltage-Transformer/dp/B...

Hang the flag right side up please. 

I know !

someone else did it

Thanks for getting back to me Claude! I actually have a couple 500 watt units. But that is great info about adding 20%. I was just sorta curious about the adapter I posted about because I had my Jets set up at a different spot and I really only needed an adapter for the one Jet, so I figured I'd get something small and similar.

But I'll probably look into the big unit for my other lamps. 

I really appreciate you getting back to me. 

I actually did have one more question for you though Claude, about the color changing grande. I think I may have drilled the hole for the dimmer switch a bit low because the nob constantly falls off when I adjust the heat. I don't know much about epoxy but do you think I could put a little on the nob and it will stick?

I appreciate your knowledge and hope you are doing well!



Claude J said:

I know !

someone else did it

LOL, think Claude just threw someone under the double decker bus bloat!

Claude J said:

I know !

someone else did it

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