tlpa

Same with me...we had a fire when I was young, and my mom instilled it in me to unplug appliances when I'm done. The news reports of appliances starting fires when not in use keeps me reminded

SherylM

My daughter and her family live in San Francisco, and when we went to visit last year these were on the entrance to the hotel where we stayed in Berkeley. Talk about a warm welcome...nice, huh?

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Definitely overkill. Just don't suck, chew on, or eat the wires and you'll be fine. Oh yeah...and don't stay in California hotels!

Sorry...don't know why these pics posted twice...

k_jupiter

Ok, so you all have a solution for irons.. Now... don't use the $1.95 power strips you find inthe discount section of the hardware or Walmart stores. Use a power strip designed for your woodshop. Should be 14 gauge wire capable of 20 amp loads. You won't be at 20 amps but the cheap ones they sell for 15 amp service are not what you want on your sewing machines and or irons. They too can burn up. Cheap connectors and switches can and will fail! Splurge and buy the 14 gauge wire ones. If you don't believe me, ask your husband (if you have one)(and if he knows anything about electricity)
tim (robotics engineer) in san jose

maviskw

Excellent point.

quiltmouse

my garden hose had a LEAD warning on it. warned not to use for vegetables.

I think they are using lead for flexibility in the cord cover itself, that's what keeps the garden hose flexible too.

mjhaess

Wow...I did not think they allowed lead in products in this country anymore...Check to see if it came from China..I hear a lot of stuff is still coming from China with lead..