Power convertor / adaptor for American razor in Europe and in the UK

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Most hotel bathrooms in the UK have a dual-voltage shaver socket, with both 230 and 110v outputs - so you shouldn't need to buy anything in order to use it.

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The wattage on the converter is the maximum it can handle, it's not physically possible for it to supply your razor with more energy than it needs.

The change you experienced in speed and sound with the old converter must be due to something else. Given my (admittedly limited) knowledge on how motors are build, I would guess the frequency was a more likely culprit.

As none of your converters have a listed output frequency it's hard to say anything sane about that, but I wouldn't have guessed it could be wrong (another testament to my limited knowledge on the subject).

In any circumstance: It's extremely unlikely your razor will blow up.

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It's the frequency, the timing of the moving parts under the plastic is off, causing a metal arm to bang into the inside of the plastic.

It's really loud, and the timing problem may cause you to pull your hair once in a while. It could also wear out your clippers faster, but should not be a safety issue. If they seem to overheat, stop.

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The adapter only changes voltage, not frequency. Since the frequency is about 20% lower than what it was designed for, but the voltage is as designed, it will draw significantly more current into the inductive motor load and heat up more.

It's not really economically practical to change both voltage and current in an inexpensive adapter (many of which are bordering on the criminally dangerous to begin with). Maybe if you used it in a car you could buy an inverter.. but that's a bit silly.

I would suggest either getting a local unit or a travel unit that uses an intermediate conversion to DC so that works from universal power (85-250 VAC 50/60Hz) if they exist, or a battery (primary or USB rechargeable) type.

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