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sb1307 | 21:50 Tue 22nd Mar 2005 | Home & Garden
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why does my iron trip the plugs electric everytime i use it
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Avatar Image JOEYSHABADO
A short in your iron, probably. Stop using it!
00:33 Wed 23rd Mar 2005
Avatar Image Tweed
Not a short, but an earth fault in the iron.
11:21 Wed 23rd Mar 2005
Avatar Image corganiser

do you use an extension lead between the socket and your iron?

11:22 Wed 23rd Mar 2005
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Check the plug is wired correctly and tightly and that you have the correct fuse in it.  A 3 amp cartridge fuse can handle an appliance below and up to about 720 watts. Above 720 and up to 3000 watts, a 13amp fuse should be used.

Also, does this happen when you try the iron with all the sockets in your house, or just one in particulr?  If just this one, then it may be the socket.

15:02 Wed 23rd Mar 2005
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My iron used to do this.  There was a loose wire where the flex joins the iron.
15:49 Wed 23rd Mar 2005
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Listen to Joey - bin the iron, it is faulty and potentially danderous.
22:31 Wed 23rd Mar 2005

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