Timeline for Which kind of appliances can one connect to electric sockets located in an airplane's toilet?
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| Mar 31, 2019 at 21:24 | comment | added | badjohn | @FranckDernoncourt Yes but what was the intended / expected use? | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 21:07 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @badjohn Nean Der Thal's answer mentions that in the "old Boeing 747", " passenger seats didn't have electric sockets" but "had sockets inside the lavatories". | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 20:49 | comment | added | badjohn | @FranckDernoncourt I expect that the quote is generally correct. Some planes actually have sockets suitable for laptops at the seats. It would seem rather strange to not provide these but provide them in the toilets. | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 20:46 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @badjohn Got it. I feel some parts of the answers and comments assume or guess that the electric socket in the toilet is made for shaver only. The quote I mentioned in the question from asiaspirit.com/lavatory.html ("The electric socket in the toilet is for shaver only, do no try to power up your notebook computer.") may be incorrect. If the electric socket doesn't mention "shaver only", I wonder if shaver only is implicit (I'm guessing not). | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 20:39 | comment | added | badjohn | @FranckDernoncourt Sorry. "please don't do this", the "this" is "connecting an appliance" as in the title. David's point may be obvious to many but possibly not the OP or he might not have asked the question in the first place. | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 18:24 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @badjohn "please don't do this" -> what do you mean by "this"? David's point about it being inconsiderate to block the toilet for longer than necessary is useless because obvious. | |
| Mar 31, 2019 at 10:28 | comment | added | badjohn | @FranckDernoncourt Well, the advice has been fairly consistent from everyone - please don't do this. David's point about it being inconsiderate to block the toilet for longer than necessary should be sufficient by itself. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 18:47 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @DavidRicherby Thank you I wasn't aware of that. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 18:46 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @badjohn " A flight is not a good place for experimentation for many reasons" -> this is why I'm asking the question here, and not trying directly. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 15:41 | comment | added | badjohn | @phoog No doubt at all. I would be a little curious to know in which it failed but, as I said, a flight is not a good place for experiments of this sort. At the very least, there is David's point. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 15:33 | comment | added | phoog | @badjohn in any case a hair dryer is probably a bad idea. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 15:08 | comment | added | badjohn | @FranckDernoncourt I would not assume that it's a normal socket since "normal" in the world of plane electrical systems and home electrical systems is very different. Heck, even home electrical systems don't agree around the world. A small number of other devices might work. I would guess that most devices expecting more power would simply not work. Probably neither the device nor the plane would be damaged but there is certainly no guarantee of that. A flight is not a good place for experimentation for many reasons. Just do without your gadget until you land. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 11:13 | comment | added | David Richerby | @FranckDernoncourt I don't know what it is you want to do but please don't. Airline bathrooms are shared between a lot of people and using one for any more time than it takes to go to the toilet is being seriously inconsiderate to your fellow passengers. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 0:46 | history | edited | user90371 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2019 at 0:45 | comment | added | user90371 | I don't know, but possibly. See the last paragraph of my answer for other hazards you might face. | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 0:43 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | Thanks! If the electric socket located in a plane's toilet doesn't say "shaver only", in practice is it ok to assume it's a normal socket? | |
| Mar 30, 2019 at 0:40 | history | answered | user90371 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |