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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Spring Hill, Tennesee
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Featherweights don't have ON/OFF switches either. A lot of the old vintage machines didn't have them. The manuals always say to unplug when not in use because they are "hot" all the time. It is one thing you don't have to worry about replacing, the off and on switch.
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Featherweights don't have ON/OFF switches either. A lot of the old vintage machines didn't have them. The manuals always say to unplug when not in use because they are "hot" all the time. It is one thing you don't have to worry about replacing, the off and on switch.
After a friend's home burned down from an iron (that was supposed to turn itself off!) I unplug everything... yes, a pain sometimes to bend down to the outlet, but well worth it!
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I am in the habit of plugging all of my vintage machines into power strips and then turning it off there when I'm done. I leave the light on the machine switched on so that's a giveaway that I left power running to the machine. I also usually plug a lamp into the same power strip, so it's REALLY obvious if it's left on.
Unplugging would be best, but the power strip switch is better than nothing.
Unplugging would be best, but the power strip switch is better than nothing.
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