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With the way charging circuits go these days, I can imagine heat to be another reason to stop these devices from both charging and operating from battery at the
by necovek 5y ago
With the way charging circuits go these days, I can imagine heat to be another reason to stop these devices from both charging and operating from battery at the same time (sure, it should be easy to make a pass-through, but phones don't).
With most adapters being at the wall, and a DC small-voltage current coming to the shaver, the risk of electrocution should be small, but I am sure we'd see people dragging extension cords with them into their showers, so that's a pretty reasonable safety measure too!
- bbarnett 5y agoThe problem would be a potential lack of a drip loop.
- necovek 5y agoOh indeed, I am not saying that it would be otherwise smart to run your shaver from the socket while showering, just that risks are not at the shaver end.
- numpad0 5y agoMaybe it has to do with so-called "suicide shower"[1] popular in emerging markets, which is a type of shower heads with exposed live wires and a heater element inside that magically warms water as it passes. An AC adapter joining that is going to be a smoke and fire magic show. 1: https://www.google.com/search?q=suicide+shower&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=suicide+shower&tbm=isch