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Help! Left iron on!!
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I think i've gone to work this morning and left the iron on aftrer i was using it! i've called morphy richards, the company that makes the iron and they said it wont switch itself off but it will cool down once it gets too hot and then start to get hot again. So they think it will be ok - what do you think!?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.No one that is around has a key - mum dad sister and nan and granddad are all on holiday! We dont really trust the neighbours so they wouldnt be able to get in!
Lukey121 - I live in Romford and work in central london (over an hour journey), so no, I dont have time to pop home and turn it off, otherwise i'd be doing that right now!!
Lukey121 - I live in Romford and work in central london (over an hour journey), so no, I dont have time to pop home and turn it off, otherwise i'd be doing that right now!!
Shame you don't have a secretary - my boss once asked me to travel the 1 1/2 hour journey to his house just to check whether he'd shut his windows! And then of course there was the 1 1/2 hour journey back again. He was worried about burglars (in London) and needless to day the windows were shut. But I got a nice day out of the office, and a bunch of flowers as a thank you!
I hope everything was ok when you got home Alixw.
I hope everything was ok when you got home Alixw.
I left mine on once - on the floor but 'standing up' and it was fine as it was fairly new at the time. However, and not to alarm you too much, once it was older and had prob had a few knows, one morning I was ironing and had a nylon dressing gown - big wide sleeves on. It suddenly went up in flames where the wire went into the back (this is over ten years ago), shrivelling the sleeve - luckly I got it off with minor burn. Since then, like a mad woman, I say out loud - " I am unplugging the iron and moving it away" Sounds mad but works as I have done it consciously and therefore remember. best of luck, think the newer models are all pretty good. Yes agreee a 3 min phone call is a bit different to a one hour journey plus the negotiation with your bosses...
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Thanks everyone for your concerns and help on Friday when I thought I had left the iron on! Turns out I hadn't!!!! I felt so sick when i was driving home, I was positive i could smell smoke and hear sirens in the distance! And just to make me feel so much better, there was a load of traffic so it took me longer to drive home from the station! I nearly collapsed with relief when i ran upstairs and saw that it was off! Needless to say, i will be sooooo much more careful when ironing now!!