How to find a quiet shaver socket?

Chris Green · 2023-01-20T11:19:43+00:00

Our (quite old) shaver socket hums, and it's getting louder. I'm notworried about it blowing up or anything but it's in our en-suitemounted on the wall the other side of which is our bed. So, it'sgetting rather annoying.How does one find a quiet shaver socket? Many of the reviews onToolstation and Screwfix tell me that some of them hum but I need toknow the opposite!I realise this is quite likely to vary between samples as well whichmakes it even more difficult.I've tried all the obvious things to silence our existing one liketightening the screws that hold the transformer laminations andspraying the transformer with lacquer (special electrical lacquer) butto no avail.Trying to search for 'silent shaver socket' is pointless as searchengines now try and out-guess you so they simply ignore the 'silent'and return almost exactly the same as they do for 'shaver socket'.As an aside, why can't I find a search engine that actually searches forwhat I ask for, typos and all?