Originally Posted by
nativetexan
I use to have one but they are hard to find now. I have a Black and Decker one now and it tends to start beeping at me that it's shutting down and i'm ironing!!! moving the iron yet and it says I'm not. STupid iron. I lift the iron point up toward the ceiling and that makes it happy. Hope you find one smarter than I did.
nativetexan, my Black & Decker does the same thing. What is happening is the iron beeps because it has been in the horizontal position (ironing position) for to long. It's another one of their "safety" features. As you found out all you have to do is make it vertical.