Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the uk are
the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all shavers I have ever
seen sold in the uk are 240v
Regards, Will

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:47:26 -0000, "Willi"
wrote:

Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the uk are
the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all shavers I have ever
seen sold in the uk are 240v
Regards, Will



Because you might have an American visitor.


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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:47:26 -0000, "Willi"
wrote:

Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the uk are
the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all shavers I have ever
seen sold in the uk are 240v
Regards, Will

Most shaver sockets are fitted in hotels and other places occupied by
visitors who may well be from countries where 115v is the norm.

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Frank Erskine

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Willi wrote:

Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the
uk are the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all
shavers I have ever seen sold in the uk are 240v
Regards, Will

You might have American visitors!

Since, being in a bathroom, they have to have an isolating transformer, it's
very easy to provide a 110v tapping.
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In article ,
"Willi" writes:
Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the uk are
the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all shavers I have ever
seen sold in the uk are 240v

Mine have all been dual voltage or wide range, 100-250V.

I noticed in the instructions for a shaver socket it says
wide range devices (typically chargers with SMPSU) should
be used on the 120V side, as they often draw very little
current, and the offload output voltage of a shaver socket
can be up to 270V.

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Andrew Gabriel

On 13 Mar 2006 00:05:04 GMT, (Andrew
Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
"Willi" writes:
Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the uk are
the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all shavers I have ever
seen sold in the uk are 240v

Mine have all been dual voltage or wide range, 100-250V.

Although I do somewhere have an eclectic razor, I always prefer a
conventional manual "wet" razor, being faster and more thorough than
any powered one.

I draw the line at a "cut-throat" razor :-) The Gillette Mach 3 Turbo
is my current favourite, with "Body Shop" Shave Cream.

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Frank Erskine
Sunderland

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from Frank Erskine contains these words:

I draw the line at a "cut-throat" razor :-) The Gillette Mach 3 Turbo
is my current favourite, with "Body Shop" Shave Cream.

I use hair-conditioner and a wet razor - conditioner's much slipperier
than soap and doesn't make my face feel like I'm wearing Michael
Jackson's face all day.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Guy King typed

I use hair-conditioner and a wet razor - conditioner's much slipperier
than soap and doesn't make my face feel like I'm wearing Michael
Jackson's face all day.

So *that's* why you don't look like him all day...

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

I draw the line at a "cut-throat" razor :-) The Gillette Mach 3 Turbo
is my current favourite, with "Body Shop" Shave Cream.

Have you tried the new M3Power with the battery operated vibrating blade? I
bought one recently as they'd sold out of conventional Mach 3s. Very
sceptical, but utterly converted. Gets much closer and actually hurts less.

Christian.

Christian McArdle wrote:
I draw the line at a "cut-throat" razor :-) The Gillette Mach 3 Turbo
is my current favourite, with "Body Shop" Shave Cream.

Have you tried the new M3Power with the battery operated vibrating
blade? I bought one recently as they'd sold out of conventional Mach
3s. Very sceptical, but utterly converted. Gets much closer and
actually hurts less.


But still not a patch on Wilkinson Sword Quattro blades.

Tim

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:26:37 +0000 (UTC), Frank Erskine wrote:

I draw the line at a "cut-throat" razor :-) The Gillette Mach 3 Turbo
is my current favourite, with "Body Shop" Shave Cream.

I use disposables, Gillette Blue II Slalom. Are the ones with
disposable blades worth the extra cost?

I can recommend King Of Shaves gel.

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Nigel M

Nigel Molesworth wrote:
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:26:37 +0000 (UTC), Frank Erskine wrote:

I draw the line at a "cut-throat" razor :-) The Gillette Mach 3 Turbo
is my current favourite, with "Body Shop" Shave Cream.

I use disposables, Gillette Blue II Slalom. Are the ones with
disposable blades worth the extra cost?

In some cases the blades are identical. I use the blades from twin
swivel disposables in a nicely balanced metal Gillette (forget what
model but it's a few years old now). The heavier handle and a decent
shaving gel are worth more than the higher cost of "disposable" blades
to fit the handle.

Razors are like ink-jet printers. The sell you the razor with a couple
of blades then rip you off for the consumables.

MBQ

Willi wrote:
Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the
uk are the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all
shavers I have ever seen sold in the uk are 240v
Regards, Will

Most shavers can be switched between 240v and 110v and has been said you
might have a yank visiting or you might visit a yank in which case you can
switch you're shaver to suit their supply. ;-)

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"Willi" wrote in message
...
Out of interest, does anyone know why in most homes/fittings in the uk are
the shaver points dual voltage. i.e. 115 & 240 when all shavers I have
ever seen sold in the uk are 240v

I've always wondered this.

Only GB does this (for household installations anyway), go
around the rest of the world and you will just find one voltage
on the shaver socket.

tim