I have woken up in the middle of the night trying to remember if I had turned off the iron. After stumbling downstairs in the dark and making my way to my sewing room, sure enough I had left it on. I like your idea of plugging it into one switch with the light. Light off....iron off. Great idea except I would not plug it into my surge protector that has my sewing machine on it. Wouldn't want to blow out any intricate circuits in my machine if the protector was turned off and there was an electrical surge for some reason.