What is the purpose of this transformer? (Pic)

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French polish
Nail Varnish

There will be other options but thats what we used to use to stop transformer buzzing
Just paint it onto the coils
 
It's an isolation transformer. It isolates the output circuit from the input.

Because the output voltage is not referenced to Earth or Chassis Ground theoretically this means that you cant get an electric shock by grounding one of the outputs, which is how you would usually get a shock. The only way you would get a shock is by shorting both output terminals of the secondary coil.

Also as stated above there is the current limiting effect. Being shocked by a secondary coil that can only provide 500mA is better than being shocked by a mains circuit that can provide 5A.

Excellent explanation, thanks for that. Completely understand it now, and will not bypass it as the feed is on a 6A breaker and a direct 6A socket above the sink is probably not clever.

Two options

French polish
Nail Varnish

There will be other options but thats what we used to use to stop transformer buzzing
Just paint it onto the coils

I think i will just disconnect it rather than mess around with it (along with the socket, i mean the whole part of the mirror) and just be done with it. I wet shave and charge my toothbrush in the bedroom anyway :)
 
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