I have my iron plugged into a serge strip. I turn off the surge strip which also turns the light over the ironing board.
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I have my iron plugged into a serge strip. I turn off the surge strip which also turns the light over the ironing board.
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This exactly.Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
This is what I do also. My sewing machine is also plugged into a serge strip.
I do the same thing. It works great. I always notice if I've left the iron on because the light is also on.
Patrice S
I have this set-up too. My iron has a light that blinks when it is not heating. While I'm ironing something very large, and have the iron flat on the ironing board for a long time, the heat goes off and the light starts to blink. I just have to flip the iron up and down again to go back to heat mode. But if the iron is turned off, the light continues to blink, and when I come back the next day, the handle is very warm. So it is continuously using current. That's why I use the set-up ManiacQuilter has.
But my sewing machine is a different story. Even though it is plugged into a strip with a switch, that switched strip is plugged in somewhere behind the table. (I forgot where, but I would have to crawl on my belly to find it.) I know that lightning can follow wires even if the switches are off, so the best way to interrupt this flow of electricity is to unplug. But I didn't want to unplug from the strip either. I pull the plug at the machine and hang that end of the cord around the thread spool holder. That way I can see immediately that the machine is unplugged and have learned to replug it by brail. I can feel where it goes.
Mavita - Square dancer and One Room School Teacher
I always unplug mine because that is what I was taught as a child.
I have always unplugged mine, as I have a great fear of accidental fire.
Life is not a movie. No one is going to yell "CUT" when you make a mistake. - Anne L. Fulton
It is safest to unplug appliances when not in use. Twice we have had my husband's coffee grinder turn on by itself during an electrical storm, spewing beans all over the kitchen. We should have learned our lesson the first time -- slow learners, I guess. My sister had a problem with a toaster left plugged in during a storm. A iron involves quite intense heat, so it is better to be safe.
I'm sorry, but I had to laugh at the mental picture!
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