shaver socket in new build

Angelina1

I have one in each bathroom, we use it for charging electric toothbrushes. Make sure that if you get one installed, it goes beside a shelf or lead can easily reach the shaver/electric toothbrush.

pinkteapot

Angelina1 wrote: »

I have one in each bathroom, we use it for charging electric toothbrushes. Make sure that if you get one installed, it goes beside a shelf or lead can easily reach the shaver/electric toothbrush.

Excellent advice. Our last house had one up on a wall, above nothing. Useless as couldn't plug anything into it or it would just be dangling.

Gwhiz

pinkteapot wrote: »

Excellent advice. Our last house had one up on a wall, above nothing. Useless as couldn't plug anything into it or it would just be dangling.

Agreed. I'm self-building at the moment and am having one in the master en-suite inside the mirror recess on the left hand vertical so that the toothbrush can site on the bottom shelf in the recess.

pinkteapot

Our new house has a double shaver socket just above a built in unit (with worktop) in the bathroom, so both our toothbrush bases can sit there.

nokia1100

pinkteapot wrote: »

Cheapest solution: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-1A-Shaver-Adapter-Toothbrush/dp/B008D1E5VI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1393496298&sr=8-4&keywords=shaver+adapter

That's a good money saving tip as the transformer on a built-in socket will probably waste 1-2W all the time something is plugged in (the shutter on the socket also switches the transformer primary), which is probably more than the charger will draw most of the time!
Also the transformer regulation isn't good, and at very low current draw, the output is well above normal mains voltage - potentially harming whatever you've plugged in. Chargers have very low current draw, and a "toothbrush" is not necessarily designed to be run from such a "shavers only" socket (whereas shaver chargers are). Plug it in the 120V side if it will go in, and is rated to run on 120V.
So use a straight-through adapter such as this one.

AdrianC

nokia1100 wrote: »

That's a good money saving tip as the transformer on a built-in socket will probably waste 1-2W all the time something is plugged in (the shutter on the socket also switches the transformer primary), which is probably more than the charger will draw most of the time!

2w = 1kwh every 500 hours = 1kwh every three weeks = ~15p every three weeks...

Sometimes, the law of diminishing returns applies.

jjlandlord

The real question is why would anyone use an electric shaver?

Vampgirl wrote: »

On the new build we are buying its an optional extra (around £60 if I remember correctly).

How ridiculously petty is that?!

Soleil_lune

chanz4 wrote: »

I have one in the onsweet, but never used

:rotfl::D

Sorry, I'm not mocking, and I wouldn't take the p1ss out of peoples spelling, but this just tickled me.

FTR, I am sure it's not a legal requirement to have a shaver socket installed.

ging84

my developer did not provide shaver sockets
they were a paid option, they were present in the show room but we knew we had to pay for them if we wanted them
which we didn't because it was a stupid amount,

someone above mentioned using their electric shaver while walking around the house
that's just seems wrong

AdrianC

ging84 wrote: »

someone above mentioned using their electric shaver while walking around the house
that's just seems wrong

How about in the car/on the train/bus on the way to work? Is that more acceptable to you?