Reply to: Charge a mobile phone from a shaver socket?

[d000hg]

I found I was able to plug in a european plug without problem - it fit the socket OK. So I plugged in a Euro->UK adapter to the train's shaver socket, then plugged in a UK mains->USB charger, and was able to charge my iPad/phone without issue.

[eek]

d000hg have you been blown up yet? Looking to buy an electric toothbrush from the US and keen to know what happens if I plug it in the UK!

Would imagine the razor socket with 110v supply will work without a problem

[SimonMac]

d000hg have you been blown up yet? Looking to buy an electric toothbrush from the US and keen to know what happens if I plug it in the UK!

[CloudWalker]

so you need this 220V-Continental-2-Pin-to-240v/continental-adaptor-plug

[darmstadt]

When in the UK I either use a 2 to 3 pin adapter or just plug my charger into the shaver charger in the hotel bathroom and for the, relatively few, 3 pin plugs I have here, I have a 3 to 2 pin adapter and just use that. Just get one of those multi-pin adapters for holiday use and use that.

[Pondlife]

Well my euro plug will physically jam into my shaver -> 3pin adapter so I'll take it with me.

What's the worst that can happen?

Pins are different sizes apparently.

Domestic Quick Question RE: Shaving Socket + Adapter | Electricians Forums

[Batcher]

He is looking for the opposite - wanting to jam his UK adapter/charger into a shaver socket (which shares dimensions with 2 pin Euro plug)

Maybe Cloudwalker should have posted the pics in the reverse order so you can see it would work

[sal]

some UK plugs have a Euro converter plug anyway

He is looking for the opposite - wanting to jam his UK adapter/charger into a shaver socket (which shares dimensions with 2 pin Euro plug)

[CloudWalker]

some UK plugs have a Euro converter plug anyway

[d000hg]

Well my euro plug will physically jam into my shaver -> 3pin adapter so I'll take it with me.

What's the worst that can happen?

[northernladuk]

Just get screwdrivers. Much cheaper...

[v8gaz]

I picked up a mains to USB power adapter with multiple plug types from dixons at the airport - this works on the sleeper for charging my phone. I believe its the euro 2 pin plug that works.

[sal]

Most shaver sockets are combo of 110V/240V. You can simply use any EU 2pin adapter/charger if you plug it into the 240V side of the shaver socket

[SimonMac]

But is a UK shaver plug the same as a USA 2-pin mains plug i.e. are the pins in the right places? That's my concern, finding something that'll physically fit in the holes (ooh er).

The UK shavers are BS 4573 sockets but these are for dry areas only, more likely most bathroom shaver sockets would be BS EN 61558-2-5 which include an isolation transformer which usually also include the US output

If the shaver socket are round only, no, if they are round with the flat grooves (like the one in Unix's first photo) then yes

[d000hg]

As a shaver socket is basically a 110v system, any 110v two prong (basically all US adapters) to USB/Micro USB cables will work, you can go down to the 5v USB, but you will never be able to go UP to the standard 240v UK 3 Pin system

But is a UK shaver plug the same as a USA 2-pin mains plug i.e. are the pins in the right places? That's my concern, finding something that'll physically fit in the holes (ooh er).