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Thank you for the great tip or reminder that the iron left on is a fire hazard. I'm doing mine this minute.....Bye
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Because I have left my iron on so many times, I always, always unplug my iron when I am done. This way I guarantee that it is turned off. Can you imagine if our stash burned??lol
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Originally Posted by quilterjody
I finally had to break down and buy an iron that shuts itself off. The only drawback is that sometimes it shuts off while I'm working cause I get involved in sewing and not pressing...and when I go to the iron..it's off.
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Try keeping one of those bright springy type bracelets on your iron handle. When you turn the iron on, put the bracelet on. If you walk out of the room and still have the bracelet on you will know to go back, turn it off and replace the bracelet onto the handle.
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We have been away in our caravan and I accidently left my iron on when I put it away in the cupboard. It was on overnight and when I discovered it next morning I felt sick but there was no harm done.
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The bracelet idea is really good.. my only problem is that:
1) I'd forget to put the bracelet on my wrist. 2) I'd forget to put take the bracelet off my wrist and put it back on the iron. 3) I'd forget what the bracelet is supposed to remind me of. |
Exactly what I did a couple months ago. The switch is at the door. When I leave the room, I turn it off. If I can see the night light, my iron is one. Makes life easier.
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I have my lamp in my sewing room and my iron in a surge protector and when I leave the room I just shut the surge protector off that way I always know if the lights off the iron's off.
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Originally Posted by sharkee
I have the same fear and I was always told to never plug your iron in to the same outlet as your sewing machine because they take so much energy, even if they are on a surge protector. My dealer even told me that when I bought my machine so I plug my light and iron in one socket on the one wall and my machine in another socket on the other wall and I unplug both surge protectors as I leave the room and everything is good
if you have ever been to disneyworld & seen general electrics carrosel of progress, you have seen my studio... AND, if we do trip a breaker, we have to go downstairs, thru dining room, kitchen, sitting room, over the bridge into the barn, down the stairs (22 of them) outside, around the barn, back into the fieldstone foundation to trip the breaker back... a pain in the butt in june... a disaster in january with all the snow we had.... i did not plan where the new breaker box would be going.. that was dh all the way! |
Originally Posted by dljennings
Originally Posted by sharkee
I have the same fear and I was always told to never plug your iron in to the same outlet as your sewing machine because they take so much energy, even if they are on a surge protector. My dealer even told me that when I bought my machine so I plug my light and iron in one socket on the one wall and my machine in another socket on the other wall and I unplug both surge protectors as I leave the room and everything is good
if you have ever been to disneyworld & seen general electrics carrosel of progress, you have seen my studio... AND, if we do trip a breaker, we have to go downstairs, thru dining room, kitchen, sitting room, over the bridge into the barn, down the stairs (22 of them) outside, around the barn, back into the fieldstone foundation to trip the breaker back... a pain in the butt in june... a disaster in january with all the snow we had.... i did not plan where the new breaker box would be going.. that was dh all the way! Holy Moly! What an exercise trip to get to the breaker box! I do hope your DH is always around when it needs to be visited.....!!! :shock: Just think of doing it in reverse if something had to be worked on electrically....and the power had to turned off first! Whoa!!! :lol: |
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