Why do shaver sockets accommodate round pin plugs in the 115V outlet when countries with 100V to 120V mains supplies use type A plugs with flat pins? Is there a country somewhere with a 100V to 120V mains supply that just so happens to use shavers with round pin plugs?
mapj1: here is a 110V only shaver, being sold, at least according to the photo, with a 2 pin round pin plug. it is of course in Brazil. It just happens my wife has family there, so I have more than a passing connexion with the place. I agree that all but the cheaper models are described as 'bivolt' which means they either have a 110/220V switch or automaticaly adjust. The simple ones however are just a series wound mains voltage motor. I'm inclined to agree that anyone who travels probably can afford the slightly more expensive bivolt kind, and putting round things in a UK shaver socket on the 110V side will be rare.
Shaver sockets have had a 115V outlet that accommodates a plug with round pins as well as a plug with flat pins since the 1970s. Were 127V shavers sold in Brazil generally supplied with a round pin type C plug rather than a flat pin type A plug back in the 1970s, or only since type N sockets were adopted as standard?
If yes, then it does seem remarkable how (almost) all British shaver sockets are designed to accommodate shaver plugs from just one country in the world, and one that Britain doesn't have a particularly strong connection with. Not all shaver sockets sold today can accommodate the Australia / New Zealand two-pin plug with angled flat pins in the 230V outlet.
mapj1: here is a 110V only shaver, being sold, at least according to the photo, with a 2 pin round pin plug. it is of course in Brazil. It just happens my wife has family there, so I have more than a passing connexion with the place. I agree that all but the cheaper models are described as 'bivolt' which means they either have a 110/220V switch or automaticaly adjust. The simple ones however are just a series wound mains voltage motor. I'm inclined to agree that anyone who travels probably can afford the slightly more expensive bivolt kind, and putting round things in a UK shaver socket on the 110V side will be rare.
Shaver sockets have had a 115V outlet that accommodates a plug with round pins as well as a plug with flat pins since the 1970s. Were 127V shavers sold in Brazil generally supplied with a round pin type C plug rather than a flat pin type A plug back in the 1970s, or only since type N sockets were adopted as standard?
If yes, then it does seem remarkable how (almost) all British shaver sockets are designed to accommodate shaver plugs from just one country in the world, and one that Britain doesn't have a particularly strong connection with. Not all shaver sockets sold today can accommodate the Australia / New Zealand two-pin plug with angled flat pins in the 230V outlet.
