Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Jonboy_t said:
Why do most (all?) electric razors come with a two pin plug instead of a normal one?
Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
No reason for them not to have a normal plug, the reason is you would usually use a razor in the bathroom which will have a two pin socket. Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
BigBen said:
Jonboy_t said:
Why do most (all?) electric razors come with a two pin plug instead of a normal one?
Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
No reason for them not to have a normal plug, the reason is you would usually use a razor in the bathroom which will have a two pin socket. Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
Easy, because razors only have two pin plugs
BigBen said:
Jonboy_t said:
Why do most (all?) electric razors come with a two pin plug instead of a normal one?
Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
No reason for them not to have a normal plug, the reason is you would usually use a razor in the bathroom which will have a two pin socket. Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
What's the crack with two pin sockets in a bathroom then? Safer in damp environments or something?
Hugo a Gogo said:
The real answer is that they are special low-power sockets for bathroom use, where it may be wet.
The sockets can take US or Euro style two pins, but can't handle a dryer or something like that
Thats not correct. They have an isolating transformer to remove the connection to earth. If you touched the live you would not get a shock as its not relative to earth (hence only needing two pins).The sockets can take US or Euro style two pins, but can't handle a dryer or something like that
You could of course still get a shock from L to N but you woild have to be touching both.
Hugo a Gogo said:
They are low power though, the hotel style sockets
In Europe, but in US, the land of litigation, they're proper sockets. Not unknown to have a coffee filter machine on the vanity unit just along from the sink. We have shaver sockets in our bathrooms at home btw, ref someone saying that they have never seen them in houses.
Hugo a Gogo said:
They are low power though, the hotel style sockets
It depends what you mean by lower power. They may be fused lower than a ring socket so would blow if you plugged in a 3kw heater, but if you plugged in a human it could easily deliver a fatal current.Human safety is achieved by using an isolating transformer so there is no live to earth path.
Rich_W said:
I have a scenario
So it's midnight and you have something to do for work the next day. (lets say a complicated form to fill in)
It's going to take an hour.
Are you better off doing it now and going to bed late?
Or
Getting up an hour earlier, being fresher and doing it then before you go to work?
Do it now.So it's midnight and you have something to do for work the next day. (lets say a complicated form to fill in)
It's going to take an hour.
Are you better off doing it now and going to bed late?
Or
Getting up an hour earlier, being fresher and doing it then before you go to work?
What if your alarm doesn't go off?
Tango13 said:
Just watched the opening chase scene of Skyfall on ITV2+1 where an Audi and a load of VW Beetles get trashed.
Was this a bit of a sly dig at Audi for getting loads of their cars in pretty much anything released from Hollywood in the past few years?
I always assumed the opposite. That Audi/VW sponsored the steaming pile of sWas this a bit of a sly dig at Audi for getting loads of their cars in pretty much anything released from Hollywood in the past few years?
te that was Skyfail 
Jonboy_t said:
BigBen said:
Jonboy_t said:
Why do most (all?) electric razors come with a two pin plug instead of a normal one?
Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
No reason for them not to have a normal plug, the reason is you would usually use a razor in the bathroom which will have a two pin socket. Got one for Christmas and had to go and buy an adapter, just seems odd so I'm guessing there is a proper reason for it!
What's the crack with two pin sockets in a bathroom then? Safer in damp environments or something?
FiF said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
They are low power though, the hotel style sockets
In Europe, but in US, the land of litigation, they're proper sockets. Not unknown to have a coffee filter machine on the vanity unit just along from the sink. We have shaver sockets in our bathrooms at home btw, ref someone saying that they have never seen them in houses.
In the US land of litigation they use 110V which is inherently safe compared to 240 so it is quite OK to have a normal socket in a bathroom, that and much less stringent wiring regulations
Benengo said:
what was the original sean connery joke?
Was it Flemke's McLaren?
do I need a woosh parrot?Was it Flemke's McLaren?
Sean Connery gets a call from his agent one day. The agent goes "Sean, I've
got you a job - starts tomorrow, early. You'll have to be there for 10-ish".
Sean furrows his brow and says
"Tennish? but I dont even have a racket."
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Edited by gowmonster on Wednesday 28th December 20:40
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