Hi,
I have just received a shaver as a present and it comes with the bathroom shaver plug (the two-pronged affair). Now, bearing in mind that I know nothing about electrics (and I don't want to electrocute myself) I was wondering if I can use the adapter I have to plug it into the normal wall socket (having no shaver socket in my house), or do I need to buy a special adapter.
The adapter I have is a universal adapter meant to convert from UK to outside UK sockets. There are two parts to it and the shaver plug does fit into one, meaning I could plug it into the wall socket, but I'm scared! I know that the adapter does not have any kind of voltage altering capabilities, being only a dumb plastic thing that has prongs on one side and holes on the other (it looks sort of like a standard UK plug). I also remember a few years ago having a similar problem with a food mixer and having to buy a big blue 6 inch square thing that converted the voltages somehow.
The shaver plug has "input 100-240 ac, output 12v dc" written on it. It's this that started me thinking. It's many years since school, but I do seem to remember that you don't want to mix ac and dc? And I know not whether wall sockets are ac or dc!
Anyway, you get the picture. If I plug the shaver into the wall socket via the Euro adapter will I get electrocuted, blow up the shaver, or will it work as desired!
With thanks.
I have just received a shaver as a present and it comes with the bathroom shaver plug (the two-pronged affair). Now, bearing in mind that I know nothing about electrics (and I don't want to electrocute myself) I was wondering if I can use the adapter I have to plug it into the normal wall socket (having no shaver socket in my house), or do I need to buy a special adapter.
The adapter I have is a universal adapter meant to convert from UK to outside UK sockets. There are two parts to it and the shaver plug does fit into one, meaning I could plug it into the wall socket, but I'm scared! I know that the adapter does not have any kind of voltage altering capabilities, being only a dumb plastic thing that has prongs on one side and holes on the other (it looks sort of like a standard UK plug). I also remember a few years ago having a similar problem with a food mixer and having to buy a big blue 6 inch square thing that converted the voltages somehow.
The shaver plug has "input 100-240 ac, output 12v dc" written on it. It's this that started me thinking. It's many years since school, but I do seem to remember that you don't want to mix ac and dc? And I know not whether wall sockets are ac or dc!
Anyway, you get the picture. If I plug the shaver into the wall socket via the Euro adapter will I get electrocuted, blow up the shaver, or will it work as desired!
With thanks.