Night lights in Europe & Asia
 

Does anybody know if the 7 watt night light that we used with our kids and now use for us can be plugged into the 110V electric shaver receptacles that are found on boats and in hotels all over Europe and Asia???

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Hi ed,

Yes it can.

However, it will probably trip the circuit breaker.

Razors are 3-5 W.

((I))

I would recommend buying a 220V night light bulb once you get to Europe - shouldn't be very expensive at all -- then all you would need would be the plug adaptor. ((b))

here's a link to the other posting with more responses
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34555185

Budman, your answer confuses me. If you bought a nightlight in Europe you won't need a plug adaptor for it to fit into the standard European outlet. And it won't work in the 110 volt outlet ed is talking about.

I just mentioned on the twin thread, the problem of buying a European nightlight, but not finding ANY outlets in the hotel bathrooms except for those shaver ones.

Ira may be right, but I'd hardly think 7 volts will trip the circuit breaker designed to take at least 5.

Patrick, why did my answer confuse you? ed already has the night light (110V). He just needs the 220 bulb and plug adaptor.

ira's probably right about tripping the breaker.

Another poster later on ed's other post recommended buying a brand new night light in a hardware store once he got to Europe. I think that would probably be the best solution.

Whether there are any 220 outlets in the hotel room is another issue. Most hotels have hair dryers now a days, so you could plug it into that outlet.

So, I see two options -- bring your own night light and buy a 220 bulb and plug adaptor, or buy a European night light. ((b))

Alternatively, it might be possible to leave the bathroom light on with the door to the sleeping area open just a crack.

OK, Budman. But I still don't get it. The 110 volt nightlines here tend to have a little screw in light bulb. I can't imagine a 220 vold bulb you purchase in Europe being able to fit into that nightlight. The ones I've seen have a sort of pin and twist socket. I was assuming you were talking about just going to a hardware or department store there and buying a whole nightlight -- for $2 or $3. Sounds like the easiest solution to me -- providing again that the bathroom has an electical outlet at all.

And Betsy the reason some of us like a nightlight is because for a trip to the bathroom at 3 AM, we don't want to open the door and have full fledged lights in our face. Granted many European bathrooms aren't super bright -- but they're still a whole lot brighter than a tiny 7 watt bulb.

By the way, it occurs to me, having just gone nightlight shopping for my almost blind mother, that I increased the bulb to 7 watts. The one I bought at the hardware store only had a 4 watt bulb in it. Frankly I tried them both, and I really can't tell much if any difference. That 4 watt one should eliminate any "blowing the circuit breaker" problem.

Thanks to all-

I just learned last evening that there are 4 watt 110V bulbs. I'm going to buy one and try it our at home.


The person that told me about the 4 watt deluged me with a lot of information about comparative light output and heat wastage.

I learned more than I really wanted to know.

Betsy - I'm so tight that I don't want to leave full size light on.

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We don't want anyone roaming around in the dark breaking toes! But don't some bathrooms have little lights, maybe over the sink, so you don't have to (heaven forbid) walk into a fully lighted bathroom in the middle of the night?