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?
It raises the question, after factoring out Brazil, whether the facility for the 115V outlet to accommodate a type C plug with round pins in modern day shaver sockets verges on an anachronism from the time when Europe had 110V or 127V mains supplies? The number of shavers from that time with a type C plug that requires the 115V outlet still in use today must be miniscule.
It's possible that the situation in Brazil where a type C plug fits a type N socket on a 127V mains supply is a coincidence rather than a compelling reason for the manufacturers of shaver sockets to continue to offer the facility for the 115V outlet to accommodate a type C plug, and the manufacturers might not even be aware of it.
It raises the question, after factoring out Brazil, whether the facility for the 115V outlet to accommodate a type C plug with round pins in modern day shaver sockets verges on an anachronism from the time when Europe had 110V or 127V mains supplies? The number of shavers from that time with a type C plug that requires the 115V outlet still in use today must be miniscule.
It's possible that the situation in Brazil where a type C plug fits a type N socket on a 127V mains supply is a coincidence rather than a compelling reason for the manufacturers of shaver sockets to continue to offer the facility for the 115V outlet to accommodate a type C plug, and the manufacturers might not even be aware of it.
