Do you leave your sewing machine on?
03-19-2015, 09:22 AM
#53
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I do turn my machine off any time I walk away from it, and when I do, it resets the stitch to the default, so I have learned to keep a stack of post-its next to the machine, and as I start a project, I write down the settings and stick it to the top of my machine. That way if I have to sew something else real quick, or turn the macine back on, I can go right back to the proper settings for the stitches of what ever I was working on, and I don't have to try and remember the settings.
03-19-2015, 09:55 AM
#54
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I will leave my machine on when I am cutting or pressing something in prep for sewing or in between sewing. However, I do not leave my iron on if I am sewing a lot of pieces and not going to be pressing for a long while.
I make sure everything is off when I am done sewing or leaving home for a while. I definitely leave my LA off when I am not going to use it. If I have something on my LA, I may pop back and forth between machines (my DSM and the LA) if I get tired of standing or frustrated with something, in order to break up the activity.
Even with that, I have left the room thinking I'm finished for the day and later realized I have left the iron plugged in. Thank goodness, it has an timer on it, but I still prefer unplugging it.
I make sure everything is off when I am done sewing or leaving home for a while. I definitely leave my LA off when I am not going to use it. If I have something on my LA, I may pop back and forth between machines (my DSM and the LA) if I get tired of standing or frustrated with something, in order to break up the activity.
Even with that, I have left the room thinking I'm finished for the day and later realized I have left the iron plugged in. Thank goodness, it has an timer on it, but I still prefer unplugging it.
03-19-2015, 11:03 AM
#55
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I have LED lights on my machine that cannot be easily accessed to change, so it would have to go to the shop if they burned out. But....the LED lights, in theory, should last much longer than the life expectancy of the machine. Once I turn my machine on and program it, it stays on until I am either done with the project, or done for the day. I leave it on even when I take a break to eat, clean house, watch something on tv etc etc.
03-19-2015, 12:49 PM
#58
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I should add that while I leave my machine plugged into a surge protector at all times, I unplug the surge protector during electric storms or if we leave the house during rainy days.
We had lightening strike one of our coconut trees several years ago: it blasted dirty water through the bathroom window, punched a hole through the metal drain spout, punched a hole in the neighbour's concrete driveway, and ~most scary~ traveled across the wet ground all the way to the neighbour's outside water faucet and blasted the pipe into two pieces. The next morning the neighbour across the street (a plumber) saw the gushing water from the broken pipe and came over to cap it off.
We were just darn lucky the strike didn't travel inside the house along the electrical wiring!
We had lightening strike one of our coconut trees several years ago: it blasted dirty water through the bathroom window, punched a hole through the metal drain spout, punched a hole in the neighbour's concrete driveway, and ~most scary~ traveled across the wet ground all the way to the neighbour's outside water faucet and blasted the pipe into two pieces. The next morning the neighbour across the street (a plumber) saw the gushing water from the broken pipe and came over to cap it off.
We were just darn lucky the strike didn't travel inside the house along the electrical wiring!
03-19-2015, 04:04 PM
#59
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This is me, too.
My machine faces the wall so it's hard to see if it's still on, and I've accidentally left it on overnight before. So now I have it and my gooseneck lamp plugged into a power strip and left switched on, and I use the power strip switch to turn everything on and off. So if I'm across the room, I can tell if the sewing machine is on because the lamp is also on - much harder to forget!
My machine faces the wall so it's hard to see if it's still on, and I've accidentally left it on overnight before. So now I have it and my gooseneck lamp plugged into a power strip and left switched on, and I use the power strip switch to turn everything on and off. So if I'm across the room, I can tell if the sewing machine is on because the lamp is also on - much harder to forget!
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