Toothbrush Charging - will it survive? (1 Viewer)

[Armytwowheels]

Wot??? The Aerobie does not use leccy

Ah! I haven't quite made the full transition to no leccy coffee yet. On dark winter days, when we need to be kind to the batteries, or I have run out of pods, the Aerobie will come into it's own.

 

[Chockswahay]

I did say 'Moka Pot' a while back...... hehe

 

[tonyidle]

You may be right. I was under the impression that the speed of the polarisation was the critical issue to stabilise the correct inductive voltage. It may be that all of the issues are factor?

From what I remember of dismantling my last dead one (not killed by any sort of inverter) is that the base is a winding over a laminated core connected directly to the incoming mains cord. The core sticks up so that it couples magnetically with the winding inside the toothbrush thus forming a (rather inefficient) transformer. Transformer-type PSUs don't like harmonics because the higher frequencies over-heat the laminations. The effect will be exacerbated by the rather (necessary) inefficient coupling of primary and secondary windings.

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[Popeye]

From what I remember of dismantling my last dead one (not killed by any sort of inverter) is that the base is a winding over a laminated core connected directly to the incoming mains cord. The core sticks up so that it couples magnetically with the winding inside the toothbrush thus forming a (rather inefficient) transformer. Transformer-type PSUs don't like harmonics because the higher frequencies over-heat the laminations. The effect will be exacerbated by the rather (necessary) inefficient coupling of primary and secondary windings.

So in a Nutshell then it'll be F**ked

 

[Bartyfixedit]

Our Philips Sonicare charger has worked fine for the last four years on a pure sine wave inverter.

Ditto

 

[Steve]

had the same problem myself so now only use the psw inverter for that.
Steve

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[Gooney]

If your chargers fail again Domestos will do the trick

 

[Taran_Las]

So in a Nutshell then it'll be F**ked

Is that a technical term?​

 

[Popeye]

Is that a technical term?​

Are you kidding me Phil, I thought you had an engineering background too..........

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[Taran_Las]

Could it be that Sandra is brushing up and down in a square wave pattern that's what's causing the problem? Ok, before anyone tells me .......​

 

[Armytwowheels]

Could it be that Sandra is brushing up and down in a square wave pattern that's what's causing the problem? Ok, before anyone tells me .......​

Back in your box Phil, I never brush up and down! I am a Dyson girl, no loss of........ Something or other?

Oh hold on, you are talking about brushing teeth???