Old HP test equipment power connectors...

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Wed, 27 May 2015, tony duell wrote:

> But almost all shavers sold over here now run off internal rechargeable 
> batteries. Why I do not know. It's not as if the cable is a major 
> problem (unlike having a battery that is flat when you need it and which 
> has a limited life anyway). Amazingly the chargers that come with these 
> shavers have the 2 round pins to fit a shaver socket. Quite why you need 
> to be able to charge it in a bathroom is beyond me, but...

 That's because they fit virtually all ordinary mains sockets across 
continental Europe, that happen to be compatible to the common UK shaver 
socket for 2-pin unearthed (class II) appliances.  So manufacturers simply 
do not bother making a special version of shaver charger plugs just for 
the UK.  The same applies to toothbrushes.

  Maciej