No totally different
Because its designed to operate at 230-460, not 120-208.
No, do not waste your time.
With electrical work it is always smart to use only approved items with different grades of electricity. The answer is NO only use line filters graded for 120 volt.
no
Yes, but a fact has to be taken into account that when a 230 volt rated bulb is used on a 120 volt system the wattage output is half of what the 230 volt bulb is rated at when it operates on 230 volt. So the dimmer will only be used to control half of the bulbs wattage which could bring the bulb down to a dull glow in full dimming position.
There is no remedy but to plug it into a 230 circut.
In North America you can not obtain 230 volts from just one single pole breaker. The distribution is like this, from a one pole breaker to neutral is 120 volts. From an adjacent breaker to neutral is 120 volts. From the adjacent breaker to adjacent breaker (breakers situated beside each other) the voltage will be 230 volts.If you want to incorporate a 120 to 230 volt transformer into the circuit you can obtain 230 volts. The primary side of the transformer will be connected to the 120 volt circuit and the secondary side of the transformer will output 230 volts. The transformer must be sized to the load amperage or the load wattage of the connected 230 volt load.
No, the voltages are too far apart. Some equipment can work on both voltages but they have a switch on the back of the equipment to change from one voltage to the other.
Yes.
Yes, but it will not work.
Yes, the voltage listed on the bulb is the nominal voltage and it will work perfectly on a 120 volt circuit.
One has an element designed to work on 120 volts, the other has an element designed to work on 240 volts.