Wetness

[Lois]

I just dropped a plug into water (trying to fill the iron up!). I've taken the fuse out and tried to dry where I can reach, but water had gone inside.
How long before I can plug it in again?!

[GTIR]

This should be in the "tell us something really trivial" thread.

If it's dry use it, if it's wet don't.

Simple.

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Doing the ironing you say......I'd give it a good week or so to be sure.

Edited by Westy Pre-Lit on Wednesday 20th October 19:09

[Lois]

It'd taken me a week to work up to doing it tonight!!

[sleep envy]

give a go about now

if we hear back from you it will have dried

if not give it another 10 mins

[911motorsport]

be extremely careful!!! I would be tempted to give the plug a good blast with a hair dryer first.

[gilla]

swap the plug from another appliance leave that one to dry fit it to other appliance tomorrow... 5 minutes if that... job done. Then do what I do and have a drink rather than bother with the ironing

[Lois]

It's one of these new fangled plugs you can't take off, hence why I can't get to it all to try and dry it properly. Might try the hair dryer though

Edited by Lois on Wednesday 20th October 19:22

[WorAl]

This thread had so much potential when I saw the title, it went swiftly downhill as each word was read.

[davido140]

dont burn your thumb, could end up with a month off work.

[gilla]

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[Lois]

BAH, I do have a nice bottle of rioja in the cupboard.....best play it safe!

[AndyFoo]

Whack an insulation resistance tester on it, should give you a fair idea of how safe it is.

Might also be worth looking at whether its double insulated. If it is, then you should be fairly safe, but plug it in via an RCD plug top.

[Justayellowbadge]

Jugs.







Take the water to the iron, not the other way round.

[stitched]

You Iron, Bloke does the plug

[sleep envy]

Justayellowbadge said:

Jugs.

Take the water to the iron, not the other way round.

listen to this man!

the creases on his chords are something to behold

[Granville]

anonymous said:

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You know it makes sense, the ironing will still be there another day

[gilla]

anonymous said:

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good call

[bazking69]

Dry it out in the oven.

[stitched]

Granville said:

anonymous said:

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You know it makes sense, the ironing will still be there another day

And another, and another.
Good news is that if you let it pile up enough then the ste at the bottom gets pressed.