There is a power/VA limit for a shaver supply which makes it unsuitable to high loads, so it would be unwise to fit a 13A socket since it would likely lead to loads being plugged in that the transformer can't support.
(note that you can have a normal 13A socket in a bathroom now so long as it is far enough away from the wet areas)
Is this 'normal' in the sense of being part of the ring main or does it need a separate RCD?
Blacking up is no longer considered acceptable :-)
I interpreted Martin's suggestion that because it is rechargeable, there is no need to charge in the bathroom at all so the entire shaver socket could be removed.
But it isn't even possible to have isolating transformers with the national grid.
Still available.
So it seems, but I wondered why.
Because it just isn't possible unless you have one transformer per house.
Okay, that explains if fully.
Normal. The requirements are:
1) RCD protection at a trip <= 30mA (same as all sockets).2) Main equipotential bonding must be installed and to spec, and
3) The socket must be at least 3m from the edge of zone 2 (so only large bathrooms need apply!)
He obviously does or it wouldn't work. Bill
I have reconsided what I wrote. It's possible that the light could be on for long enough to keep an electric shaver charged if it is left plugged in. If the shaver is used for two minutes a day, the charge rate could exceed the discharge rate.
Then you have not made an adequate job of the lacquer, if it still buzzes..
dipping in hot shellac is how that was dine. painting wont work
Tap the corners of the laminations with a hammer, while the opposite corner rests on something hard and flat.
That's probably the last time you will find Kiwi show polish on sale in this country because the manufactuers have decided that Brits have become scruffs who only wear trainers. Stock up now if you need a colour that was not popular anyway.
The US seems to cope? I guess their transformers are a little smaller and hence cheaper in lieu of their 60Hz.
Remove the mounting screws for the transformer and stick it in with a big dollop of silicone instead?
that's the way really. When you get a tube of silicone you want a stiff one. For even better results you could stick it to the backbox if it's a masonry wall.
It means they are isolated from the mains - one leg is 120V or 240V with respect to the other - but they are floating with reference to ground. So if you hang onto an earthed tap with one hand and make electrical contact with the output with the other, you don't get a shock because there is no current path.
Neutral and earth are bonded. With a TN-S supply at the substation, and with a TN-C-S at the substation, at many places along the cable route, and at the consumers cutout.
Yup you can do that. Although shaver plugs are not euro plugs. You can get non isolating shaver sockets designed for installation outside of bathrooms.
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