You probably mean to change it to a 240 V outlet... either case, you'll need to run a new wire and install a new breaker.
switch socket outlet
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It enables you to switch off the load from the socket, rather than have to pull the plug out of the socket.
A '13-A socket outlet' is the popular name for the standard electrical socket used in the UK and other various other countries under the British sphere of influence such as the Arab Gulf countries.The term derives from the fact that the socket is designed to take fused plugs which are rated at 13-A which, with a nominal voltage of 230 V, supply loads up to 3 kW. In the UK, these sockets are connected using a ring main system, rather than a radial system used in most other countries.
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Plug and socket, plug and socket outlet, plug and receptacle or plain plug and outlet all seem to be in common usage in the US. Plug and socket is possibly the only wording commonly used in the UK. [Plug and socket outlet sounds ok to a me, as a Brit, but we never really use that expression in the UK. Plug and outlet or plug and receptacle actually sound very strange!]
Switched Socket Outlet
Ring connection ensures continuety in supply
You probably mean to change it to a 240 V outlet... either case, you'll need to run a new wire and install a new breaker.
switch socket outlet
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It enables you to switch off the load from the socket, rather than have to pull the plug out of the socket.
If you want to you could remove the light socket and put in an outlet then plug your light into the outlet.
Depending on where you are in the world there could be two meanings to the term socket outlet. In the European electrical trade, a socket outlet is usually a wall outlet where the voltage supply can be plugged into for portable devices.The same device in the North American electrical trade is known as a wall receptacle.A socket in North American terminology is what incandescent light bulbs screw into to hold the bulb in place. An example would be a ceiling porcelain fixture or in the case of a table or floor lamp, the socket is what holds the bulb.
use the cigarette lighter as as a socket