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irons keep blowing?

i have gone through about 4 irons since i have lived in my property for 5 years. i buy an iron plug it in and its fine for a while then all of a sudden every time i use it the electric keeps failing turning everything off and i keep having to go to my box to turn it all back on again. i am now on my 6th iron and the socket i put it in has gone and unusable, help!

wendy
September 2008
It is possible that you have been very very very unlucky and all the irons you've bought were lemons - just waiting to fail. It could be that you wear them out by ironoing all the time. It could be that you abuse your irons in some way causing them to fail prematurely - it could be but I doubt it.

It may be that the socket you usually plug them in to is defective and while you've been ironing away a loose wire at the back of the scocket has been constantly switching the iron on and off giving it a lifetime's on and off stress in a few months.

The irons we use in our house get medium use from three people's washing and last about two years.

Get your ironing wall socket checked - iron at a different place - from another socket.

You're not pulling at the cable and stressing the connections are you?

Alternatively - give up ironing...

Richard Buxton
September 2008

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