This should not be possible right!?

[Iggifer]

Seriously? How do you charge your razors then?

Mine has a 24 hour battery and then charges from a standard plug. Every one I've ever owned has been the same

 

[EFLImpudence]

I do not know a single person, and never have, that has owned a mains shaver.

I think they all were, originally, weren't they (mains, no batteries)? If pretty sure that the ones I had back in the 60s/70s were - I'm not even sure that small rechargeable batteries (as opposed to lead-acid ones) even existed in those days, did they?

I couldn't remember. I must have used a wet one back when I was effeminate.

Do they still come with two pin plugs? Don't they have wall warts?

 

[Iggifer]

Mine is a wallwart.

Surely if the transformers are not continually rated - the reason you can't use them all for toothbrushes, you shouldn't use them to charge a shaver either?

 

[endecotp]

I do not know a single person, and never have, that has owned a mains shaver.

You must be very young, then.

 

[Iggifer]

You must be very young, then.

Not THAT young!

 

[stillp]

I do not know a single person, and never have, that has owned a mains shaver.

I do! Haven't used it for a good few years though.

 

[winston1]

Mine is a wallwart.

Surely if the transformers are not continually rated - the reason you can't use them all for toothbrushes, you shouldn't use them to charge a shaver either?

I've never seen the rating quoted on a shaver socket. But surely charging uses a lot less current than direct shaving so would be OK continuously.

Anyway who says you can't use all of them for toothbrushes? Older sockets don't have a toothbrush symbol but I assume it is because they were manufactured before electric toothbrushes were generally available.

 

[JBR]

The idea of shaver sockets is that they can be used with shavers from anywhere in the world in hotel rooms. That is why they have universal sockets and also two of them for either 120 or 240 volts approx. Also note the regulation on the transformers in them is poor. On low load the output is typically 140 and 275 volts. For this reason if charging toothbrushes etc with 100 to 240 volt input capacity I will always use the 120 v socket.
Maybe the ones with a designated tooth brush symbol are better, I have not checked.

I once believed this too. However, in USA and Europe, the socket in the bathroom is just a standard local mains outlet with no transformer. The shaver socket is a British thing. If you want to shave electrically in another country, take an adapter.

True. We've just got back from Germany where there was a standard Schuko socket in the hotel bathroom right next to the sink.
I assume that their safety standards are somewhat different to our own!

(Despite the dangers, we managed to survive!)

 

[endecotp]

We've just got back from Germany where there was a standard Schuko socket in the hotel bathroom right next to the sink.

A similar discovery in Italy was enough to turn my octogenarian father into a UKIP voter.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I do not know a single person, and never have, that has owned a mains shaver.

You could become such a person, if you wanted.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-RETRO-PHILISHAVE-SHAVER-MAINS-IN-PRESENTATION-BOX-/231640123590

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

True. We've just got back from Germany where there was a standard Schuko socket in the hotel bathroom right next to the sink.
I assume that their safety standards are somewhat different to our own!

Not really. In the UK there is nothing to stop having a standard mains outlet next to a sink, per se.

 

[JohnW2]

Not really. In the UK there is nothing to stop having a standard mains outlet next to a sink, per se.

True (as you say "per se"), provided that the socket was deemed suitable for use in such a location (and, of course, assuming it was outside of zones). However, there aren't many bathrooms in which the basin is ≥3m from the zones, so you'd usually get 'caught' by that.

Kind Regards, John

 

[DetlefSchmitz]

I suppose I was commenting on the number of people who think you can't have a socket next to the basin in, for example, a downstairs toilet. The comment was addressed at the apparent shock at seeing a socket next to a basin, not so much that it was in a bathroom.

 

[JohnW2]

I suppose I was commenting on the number of people who think you can't have a socket next to the basin in, for example, a downstairs toilet. The comment was addressed at the apparent shock at seeing a socket next to a basin, not so much that it was in a bathroom.

Yes, it feels wrong (and is not really ideal, safety-wise). However, it's also common to see sockets pretty close to kitchen sinks, which is not a lot different.

Kind Regards, John

 

[JBR]

We've just got back from Germany where there was a standard Schuko socket in the hotel bathroom right next to the sink.

A similar discovery in Italy was enough to turn my octogenarian father into a UKIP voter.

If that persuades people to vote for UKIP, I volunteer to install sockets next to sinks free of charge.