A friend of mine is going to Russia soon to help with an orphanage. 
She wants to bring a paint sprayer for painting the outside of the
building.  Will she have compadability problems using our standard
plugs and output?  If so, any way to resolve that?

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Clarification of Question by painternow-ga on 28 Apr 2004 18:36 PDT

I am writing from USA.

Your friend will need to use a power converter. Electricity in the USA
in delivered at 120 volts, 60hz. Russia's standard is 240 volts, 50hz.
You don't have to know the physics behind what that means, but your
friend will need to buy a converter, actually A "high power" converter
since a paint sprayer is a high wattage device.
Radio Shack has several options available on their web site, here is
one that looks promising
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=273-1410
If possible, your friend should confirm the wattage on her paint
sprayer to make certain that the power converter can handle it.

The Eastern European Adoption Coalition has more detailed information
on the sort of thing she'll need at
http://www.eeadopt.org/home/preparing/travel/tips/power_converters.htm

(search terms used to provide this answer "russia power converter")

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