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SUNBEAM SHAVEMASTER MODEL 'R' of 1937 The Sunbeam Shavemaster originated around 1937 in America, working on 110 Volts AC/DC, in order for it to be marketed in the UK it needed to work on up to 250 V.A.C. so an adapter was provided, but as the unit was AC/DC a transformer was not suitable, so a high power resistor was used. The American 2 pin plug was pushed into one end and the other was plugged into a British bayonet light bulb socket as all light bulbs in the UK at the time were of this type, and most homes in the UK did not have a supply of wall sockets, The 13 amp ring main system came into effect in 1947 but did not appear in many homes until as late as the 1960's. A1756 |