How does our Sonicare toothbrush charge?

[fyxxer32]

Today as I was on bathroom cleaning duty I noticed the electric toothbrush was dirty on the charging base. Dang messy kids. Well anyway I'm cleaning it and I notice there are no charging contacts. I look at the handle , none there either . How in the heck does this thing charge? Osmosis?

[Knothead]

Well, THANK YOU, Fyxxer! You're a appliance-wise guy, and you're puzzled, too.

I have this Braun swirly-head toothbrush deal, and it is the same. There is no metal contact, just a white plastic base on the tool, and a little white plastic dowel-type holder.

My best guess is that it is charged by airborne microwaves from Germany. darn clever, those Germans

Although, I have noticed it does need to be plugged in to the wall socket.

[BobOmega]

i think its magc. we had this old old old toothbrush like that. no contacts. i think they cover the contacts to make it at least partly water resistant.

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

My thoughts are, the base is the outer half of a transformer, the handle is the core, using a rectifier built into the handle it can charge using magnetizm.

Just a hunch, if you want to check, put it near a disposible TV

[Theophylact]

As
Wizzard~Of~Ozz suggests, it's almost certainly an induction charger. The Panasonic Shaver has one, too.

[Knothead]

Just a hunch, if you want to check, put it near a disposible TV---Wizzard-of -Ozz

Hmmm? Hey, Wizz, a disposable TV? What's that about? I thought I'd ask before putting it next to my $700 monitor?

I wanna SEE!

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

Don't take acid first! all the pretty colours.

(magnetic field)

Disposible because I don't know how strong the field is, but if it's strong you might be able to actually use this as a manual degaussing coil

hmmmm degaussing your teeth,, tartar is released and falls off with the degaussian field energy release..


(oh good grief don't mind me I'm babbling)

Do those toothbrushes really work better than the regular manual ones??

[Knothead]

Do those toothbrushes really work better than the regular manual ones??--Surreal

OH, YEAH!!

I mean, you still have to floss, but...only because I think so...OTH, these little turbo-marvels clean your teeth like toot-suite and hasta la vista, baby.

The only drawback is that the experience is really annoying.

ZZZZZZ-zzzzzzzZZZZZZzzzzzZZZZZ

Like that. I think it's worth it, but others might not agree.

[Knothead]

hmmmm degaussing your teeth,, tartar is released and falls off with the degaussian field energy release..

Wooof! hahahahaha I just re-read that, LOL!