2003-01-25 My electric shaver utilises a universal power supply. It will operate on any voltage between 100 and 250 V, 50/60 Hz. I have two cords for it. They are detachable. One cord has the US type flat pin plug on it and the other has the round pin Europlug on it. When I am in a country that uses 240 V and the Europlug, I just change the cord and the shaver works fine. The motor actually runs on DC so the power supply converts the incoming voltage to DC. This way the device is independent of frequency.
I think all or most shavers today have universal power supplies in them. In fact a video camera I have also runs on a universal power supply. All I needed to plug this device in was a plug adapter. The only bad thing I noticed about the Europlug was that in many cases the plug seemed loose when it was in the socket. I would suspect that the looseness of the connection would create a heating problem at the point of contact due to increased contact resistance and also deliver lower operating voltage to the device. Is this normal in countries using the round pin plugs? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2003-01-25 08:10 Subject: [USMA:24618] Re: Power > Of kilopascal >The British who used 415/240 V were suppose to lower theirs > to 400/230 V, Britain has changed to 230 volts nominal. Many homes and hotels in Britain have a 'shaver socket' in the bathroom that will accept the European plug. All the shaver sockets that I have seen (including the one in my house) have 4 holes. One pair of holes is marked '240v' and another pair is marked '110v'. Don't rely on finding a shaver socket when you visit the UK, but it is worth knowing if you get stuck with the wrong plug and/or the wrong voltage equipment.
