I think I left the iron on....

[0836whimper]

I'm at work, would you go home ? 90% chance I left it on (I think), it's face down on the metal thingy at the end of the board that is designed to deal with the heat....but for how long ?

[J500ANT]

If I honestly thought i'd left the iron on, i'd go home and hope that home was still intact.

[XJSJohn]

your house has already burnt down, so why worry.

[0836whimper]

Right, I think I'll go home then, I don't want to have to start a thread 'My house burnt down'.

Of course it's guaranteed not to be on now....

[andy400]

They don't catch fire on their own, and the chances of it falling over are very limited. I left one on for just short of 24 hours recently. Would, of course, been potentially disastrous if it had fallen over onto carpet/soft furnishings etc, but why would it just fall over?

You didn't leave it 'plate down' on something flammable did you?

[HRG.]

Mine goes into standby and cools right down if it isn't moved for a while

[john_p]

0836whimper said:

I'm at work, would you go home ? 90% chance I left it on (I think), it's face down on the metal thingy at the end of the board that is designed to deal with the heat....but for how long ?

If I'd left it upright then I'd leave it, but if face down (even on something metal) I'd be off home ASAP.

[andy43]

What is this 'iron' of which you speak?

[Romanymagic]

andy43 said:

What is this 'iron' of which you speak?

You know I was wondering that, the wife talks at great length about "ironing" but I always switch off, could the two be related?

[Poledriver]

Just done a scan of fire service activity, looks like it's all quiet unless your near Nottingham!

HTH

[0836whimper]

Well predictably it wasn't on.....grrrr

[madbadger]

andy43 said:

What is this 'iron' of which you speak?

This stuff.

Useful for making steel.

Can't think of anything else it might be.

[dirty boy]

I left mine on all day once, and face down. Nice hole in the cover. The whole metal frame was red hot.