Bathroom shaver point adapter

[Mike Clarke]

And keep & use the electric shaver in the bedroom.

[Peter Stockdale]

To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Point taken, but why can't an enterprising manufacturer come up with a two, three or even four transformer unit.

Pete

[Dave Plowman (News)]

You'd have to ask them. Cost would be a major factor. And the size - it couldn't possibly fit in a standard box.

However, if you think you're on to a money spinner, start making them. Others make money out of bright ideas.

[Peter Stockdale]

Sorry -my status "retired" - quite happy to see someone else benefit from the market gap in this field.

Pete

[Buxnot]

I've missed the point on this somehow.

How would being able to touch both the live and the neutral suddenly be as bad as if the transformer were not there and you did likewise?

[Joe]

Because you receive the full mains voltage. An isolation transformer does not change that. The point of an isolation transformer is that neither side is 'live' any more, you could touch either side safely. You can't touch both sides simultaneously safely.

The 'one item only' rule assumes the worst: that one appliance has failed live-to-case and the other neutral-to-case.

[Peter Stockdale]

Presumably because the transfomer is acting in this case as a current reducer and it is the mains current that kills - not the mains voltage. My sheep fencing pushes out 4000volts but the current is so low that no injury is caused.

Regards, Pete

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[Capitol]

Various wrote etc.

You can get away with using a 240v and a 110v appliance simultaneously on a number of shaver sockets. Shavers tend to work off 110v anyway, particularly if the power is used only for battery recharging. That way you would only need two units installed.

Any good?

Regards Capitol

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Not so. I'm afraid. There is more than enough current available from a shaver socket to kill you.

[Alistair Riddell]

But if it DOES go wrong... There is potentially 480 volts available if one side of the floating secondary contacts the live side of of the mains....

[Dave Plowman (News)]

This assumes any such fault to have the secondary winding in phase with the primary.

And good design of the system as a whole should make this near impossible.