"Davey" wrote in message
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I just bought a new electric toothbrush, one of the Oral-B ones, pretty
much universally available.
Tesco wanted £35, Morrisons wanted £17.50 for the exact same model, so
that's where we bought it.
But when unpacked, (after much fighting and cussing) it only has a 2-pin
plug, which would be fine if we had one of those bathroom 120v
transformer/sockets, but we don't. As it happens, I have lots of
suitable 3pin-to-2pin adaptors. But is the supplier (Morrisons, who
probably have no idea what they sell) not obliged to supply a UK-ready
device? I think I saw something about this recently, but can't remember
where, nor the outcome.


A bathroom shaver socket has a transformer fitted and is isolated from the
mains supply.
This makes it next to impossible to get an electric shock.
The bathroom socket can only supply a few watts
This is why shavers and toothbrushes have a special plug, so only they can
fit into the bathroom socket
..