Electrics in the bathroom
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Try tightening up the socket screws.
The transformer inside the shaver socket tends to resonate and does loosen the faceplate screws.
Another fix is to get some adhesive sealing strip (draught excluder type) and use this between the socket and the wall, this acts as a rubber foam barrier between wall and socket and kills off the hum.
To prove that the hum is resonance rather than the transformer, plug the toothbrush in and hold / push the faceplate firmly. If the hum stops then the cures mentioned will work.
If it doesn't then replace the shaver socket with a new one, Shaver sockets are allowed in bathrooms due to transformer dropping the outlet voltage. A normal 3 pin isn't allowed and could kill.
The transformer inside the shaver socket tends to resonate and does loosen the faceplate screws.
Another fix is to get some adhesive sealing strip (draught excluder type) and use this between the socket and the wall, this acts as a rubber foam barrier between wall and socket and kills off the hum.
To prove that the hum is resonance rather than the transformer, plug the toothbrush in and hold / push the faceplate firmly. If the hum stops then the cures mentioned will work.
If it doesn't then replace the shaver socket with a new one, Shaver sockets are allowed in bathrooms due to transformer dropping the outlet voltage. A normal 3 pin isn't allowed and could kill.
Actually, you can BS7671:2008 permits this providing its at least 3m from the edge of any bath or shower, not sure many people have bathrooms big enough though
If you can't get it 3m from the bath/shower, or you are working to BS7671:2001(2004) then the only type of socket outlet you can have is a shaver socket to BSEN60742
Check thr rating of your shaver outlet, and the requirements of the charger, some buzz is likely to be normal (chris provides some tips for minimising it in this case), but check you are not overloading it
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It is an isolating transformer, and the voltage remains unchanged, but is electrically seperate from the supply, so safe for use in a bathroom.
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