Some of the Norelco rechargable shavers will recharge on voltage from 12V to 220 V. You can buy a cord with a cig. plug at most shaver repair shops that cary norelco products. That's what I use..

You can see by my pic which option I choose!! Haven't shaved in close to 20 years and even then it was a brief moment of insanity that made me take it off. Didn't last for more than a few days.

And for what it's worth, you can have it long or short and do it pretty much by hand. A pair of sharp scisors can do whatever you need done to keep things trimmed perhaps with the exception of around the edges from time to time, and they take no water or electricity.



Brian

I have a small electric razor that uses AA cells. I have a solar charger that I use to charge the cells. I use the AA cells in many things and it is cool to have free power.

I'm female, quit shaving when I was 14 years old, and am still joyous about that decision.

BTW, I like pappa smurf!

I must say the while boondocking I never have a problem keeping my Norelco razor or our electric toothbrushes charged. I can shave daily for about a week on one charge and the toothbrushes last even longer. When getting close to needing a recharge we just plug them in for an hour or so while the generator is on or while the solar panels are giving power through the inverter.

Art,

We have done the same, but I have come to the conclusion that the Braun electric toothbrush charger cannot handle the MSW inverter. We are now on our third charger and plan to leave it unplugged when not running the generator or plugged in somewhere. Have you had any problems like that?

I fried several things on our first MSW inverter, that is why we spent the extra money on a full sine unit.

Some stuff works, some gets hot and some just dies on MSW power, no way that I know to sort them out without trying them and taking your chances on it frying.

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Some stuff works, some gets hot and some just dies on MSW power, no way that I know to sort them out without trying them and taking your chances on it frying.

For certain. MSW supplies are risky. I'd rather spend money on DC powered devices than to use one. I need to install a large pure sine wave inverter in my coach. I'm not sure how you turn off the converter though. I don't want to charge my batteries on the inverter, obviously, so I'll have to install a shut off switch for the converter I guess. Maybe I'll have Camping World put it in if they don't charge too much for installation. If anyone knows of a site that shows a typical installation for a large inverter, I would appreciate a link. I have never seen one in use.

The easy way is to just unplug the converter and use the inverter's charger since it is usually a better design.

To keep from having any possibility of the converter coming on hook it to the park-power inputs on the inverter, then it doesn't see power when the inverter is running.

We used the plug method ourselves since where there was bad or limited power we could live off the inverter and use the converter, plugged into the bad power, to keep the batteries topped off. Our converter was happy from 85-135 volts and never took more than 5 amps.

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Art,
We have done the same, but I have come to the conclusion that the Braun electric toothbrush charger cannot handle the MSW inverter. We are now on our third charger and plan to leave it unplugged when not running the generator or plugged in somewhere. Have you had any problems like that?

Rif,
We use the Sonicare brand. The chargers are about 4 years old and we have had no problems. We also have a modified sine wave (MSW) inverter. Our inverter is Heart. When it dies I will probably go with a full sine wave inverter. However, in almost 10 years of full time travels we have never had a problem (yet).

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I don't want to charge my batteries on the inverter

Most of the newer inverters are also sophisticated chargers/converters. I know that some recommend having a separate converter, but this has never been something that I have needed.
With a properly installed inverter/charger your batteries will be charged through the inverter whenever you have a 120v power source (shore power or generator). The inverter WILL NOT charge the batteries without an external power source. Obviously this is a good thing.

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Originally posted by Art (and Nancy):

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I don't want to charge my batteries on the inverter

Most of the newer inverters are also sophisticated chargers/converters. I know that some recommend having a separate converter, but this has never been something that I have needed.
With a properly installed inverter/charger your batteries will be charged through the inverter whenever you have a 120v power source (shore power or generator).

I didn't make that very clear, sorry. What I meant is if I were to use a large inverter to power my coach, it would power the converter which would be using that power to charge the batteries. Batteries charging them selves would be cool but it isn't going to happen in this universe I don't think. I understand what you meant though Art.

I'll have to do something like Stan said. I think my converter is hard wired but it shouldn't be any more difficult than attaching a power cord to it. I hadn't thought about the inverter being a battery charger as well - I'm not sure I would be able to disable the one in my converter. This is a very convoluted application.

We were talking about shaving weren't we? Got side tracked.

Thank you for the info.

Shave? Whats that? I get a trim in Mexico once-in-a-while. I also trim with a batt trimmer.

Hi,
Bay Rum shaving soap and a badger brush. An open comb double edged Merkur and Bay Rum aftershave. Three or four cups water, tops. Only hot if right after a shower.

Boondocking is so you don't have to shave