Our range even includes electric toothbrush sockets with built-in charging stands, allowing you to charge them without the need for any unsightly cables. For example, a no-load voltage of 275 V and an output load voltage of 230 V would lead to percentage variance approaching 20 %. They help us to identify popular products and understand your browsing habits so we can display relevant adverts to you. Having electrical sockets in a bathroom is considered a safety hazard because there is always a chance that the electricity can come into contact with water. Financial Conduct Authority (FCA FRN 670199) and acts as a credit intermediary and not a lender, offering credit products provided exclusively by Klarna Bank AB UK branch (BR020956), a branch of Klarna AB (556737-0431) which is authorised and regulated by the Swedish Financial Services Authority.

A USB plug socket is ideal for charging portable devices such as a smartphone or tablet whilst still being able to utilise socket outlets. Shavers require a low amount of electricity to charge, making them suitable to plug into the low voltage sockets.

The current limiting device operates within one hour at a current of 300 mA, and within one minute at a current of 500 mA. Note that excluding the UK adaptor, this is a really compact piece to take on tour in foreign lands. OTOH, have you seen the comedy sized 220v hubbel twist-lock connectors and cables they use on tumble dryers? It's either less than 15A, in which case a crappy little moulded shaver plug will do, or it's Serious Industrial Hardware with multiple phases (read: a 220V cooker or tumble drier). The socket-outlet may also incorporate a fuse complying with BS 646 and having a current rating not exceeding 1 A, to protect the current-limiting device against fault current.

The front of a shaver supply unit is marked with the rated voltage(s) and with the symbol shown left. I have read that travellers are not unknown to leave cables/plugs behind in hotel rooms so they may even have something in reception if you're desparate. In fact, I know a family that charges 4 toothbrushes simultaneously from the 230V side of their bathroom socket, and they've never had a problem. It is important to choose the correct rating of a usb wall socket to match the devices that you wish to connect otherwise the device may not connect or charge properly.I was thinking of the feasibility of installing a wall mount USB socket that is fed power from an galvanic isolated 5v power supply that is positioned outside of the bathroom. The transformer of a shaver supply unit is an isolating transformer, intended to provide protection against electric shock by ‘electrical separation’.

ii), which does not allow a shaver socket-outlet conforming to BS 4573 to be installed in a bathroom. I've been running not just one, but two, toothbrush chargers from the 230V side of a shaver socket for the last 12 years. This includes devices like shavers, electric toothbrush chargers and other small cosmetic electric devices. Given that there is almost always a socket for an anbaric datascope, however poorly socketed any hotel room may be, surely the canny traveller's first move on arrival is to unplug TV, then plug in suitable adaptor and 4 socket Electric String?This also means that they haven’t got the power to support electrical devices that pull a large amount of electricity. A bit like the screwdriver company that got sued because somebody used one to open a tin of paint and the tip broke off. And before anyone suggests using a power supply plugged into a shaver adapter - NO, they are not rated, designed or approved to run that sort of device and may well fail after a few days of use. It is true that the European (Schuko) pins are smaller diameter than a UK shaver pin, but they will stay in place ok provided there is no weiht hanging off.