Where to look for corner mirror cabinet with INTERNAL shaver socket

comdw

As per subject I'm after a mirrored corner cabinet for the bathroom with an inside socket (for charging a toothbrush out of sight). Haven't seen anything on the high street and on-line I can only seem to find ones either with external sockets or just not clear from the pictures where the socket is.

I have heard of people drilling a hole and surface mounting a socket but I would prefer something designed for the job if possible.

Can anyone confirm the existence of these and advise where to look for them?

har0ld

I thought that there was still one made by Schneider but that too has gone. The snag is that the cost of testing a product and getting it CE tested and approved by all the various electrical regulation bodies is astronomical and so the Europeans look at the UK market and how insignificant it is and just can't be bothered - even UK companies won't invest the sort of money required for a cabinet that sells in very small quantities.
The company I used to work for were Danish and until recently they literally fitted an MK UK shaver socket in a surface mounted box that you could have picked up anywhere (I still have one in my guest bathroom) - and these were mirror cabinets selling from £700 to 1500. If you looked at the continental versions they always appeared sleeker and cool - however illegal to sell in UK!
So I guess that unless you can find an old one in stock or on ebay - you will probably have to create your own - now there is a gap in the market waiting to be filled!!

mildred1978

I have 2 Villeroy and Boch mirrored cabinets in my bathrooms and they have internal shaver sockets. I don't know whether they do a corner version. They weren't cheap though. I think mine were £900 each.

jc808

Why not just recharge your toothbrush in sight? Be a lot easier. If your heart is set on stealth toothbrush-charging then here are a few ideas:

- Fill your bath full of sand and scatter lego buildings about. Chuck some Matchbox tanks (Or civilian cars, painted khaki, MSE-style) around, and place your toothbrush/ charger in the centre of this piece. Now patrol your bathroom, forbidding any photography, accosting anyone who attempts entry, killing those who try to sneak in. If anyone asks about this, deny the existence of your bath or any chargers/ toothware that may or may not be in it. Hey presto, the ultimate in toothbrush concealment, AREA 52!!!

- Disguise your toothbrush and charger as a dildo vibrator. This should avoid any awkward questions when the grandparents come around.

- When you are expecting visitors, phone the Suns Editorial office and tell them (insert hot celebrity of the week who looks vaguely like your coming visitor) is in town and your address at the time of your friends arrival. The burst of photography flash from the waiting paparazzi outside your front gate should render any nosey visitors sufficientntly blind for the rest of their stay in your house. Your toothbrush and charger remain concealed!!!!

- Further to the first tip, make a visit to the REAL area 51, sneak in (Note security may be somewhat tight) and steal some alien cloaking technology. Use this on your toothbrush and charger, although the resultant rift in the linear dimension plane may be difficult to explain. (If you steal alien weaponry by mistake, just vapourise your stairs - noone can access your bathroom then. Just be careful not to destroy half the European continent.)

- Invest in an intensive cognitive hypnotherapy session disguised as a 'spa visit' for your regular visitors. Tell the hypnotherapist you want their associative front-lobial reflex in respect of Electric Toothbrushes (and their AC chargers) reprogrammed. Now you don't even need to worry about concealing your electric toothbrush!!!!! (Note may require some awkward explanations for the Albanian Mongoose plugged into the shaver socket upstairs...)

jc808

- Invest in an intensive cognitive hypnotherapy session. This ones for you. The purpose of this session is to address and overcome your innate shame over your electric toothbrush (and associated accessories eg charger) and seek ways to overcome them, with a practical view to bringing your oral hygiene appliances into the open.

comdw

OK well I wouldn't say my embarrassing electric toothbrush was the only reason for asking - the existing shaver socket is right where this corner cabinet is going to go so I either have to move it to a different location, make a fairly large hole in the back of the cabinet for access or get a cabinet that has a socket.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

comdw wrote: »

OK well I wouldn't say my embarrassing electric toothbrush was the only reason for asking - the existing shaver socket is right where this corner cabinet is going to go so I either have to move it to a different location, make a fairly large hole in the back of the cabinet for access or get a cabinet that has a socket.

The hole you have to cut is only as big as the existing socket fascia

1984ReturnsForReal_2

andrew-b wrote: »

Not sure whether this is outlawed via part p regulations or not (bit fuzzy as it's not much beyond a replacement)...if it is then to be legit you would need an electrician.

Anything to do with moving a back box in a bathroom would be a breach.

Straight replacements in situ is pretty much all you can do.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

andrew-b wrote: »

Not according to Table 1 in the Part P building regs it isn't


..subject to the circuit's protective measures being unaffected.


To me that reads quite clearly that you can alter the backing box so long as it's in the same position which it would be with my suggestion but with the unit now behind it. The safety isn't altered in any way (providing of course it's replaced correctly).

Might have to chip a bit more masonry out if the dry lining box is marginally bigger than the previous metal backing box.

I think that you may be correct. Just looked at it again but I suppose it depends on how far its moving & the cable lengths. However it is not re-fixing or replacing, it is a movement. But if there is enough cable the cable installation doesn't have to get altered. So I guess you must be right.

comdw

The existing socket is ancient by the way - its only the smaller (single) size and single voltage. I think you can only buy the double size ones now with both voltages and a transformer.

I haven't removed it yet to see how much wire there is to play with - some idiot has kind of plastered/sealed/glued it to the wall instead of using screws.