Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Beware of your flat iron!

A couple of weeks ago on a Saturday morning I plugged my flat iron in & it wasn't working. I was not happy. It's a Chi so I wasn't thrilled with the prospect of having to buy a new one. Dean discovered that the flat iron did work, it was the outlets in our bathroom that didn't. Hmmm, now the price of a new Chi wasn't looking so bad considering what electricians cost. While Dean was checking things out I remembered the day before when I unplugged the flat iron I touched the plug & it burned me. I guess that should've been a clue that something was wrong because apparently, plugs aren't supposed to be hot when they're unplugged. I learn something new every day. Then I remembered that I'd smelled something electrical burning. I couldn't remember when it was but I knew it was one morning when I was getting dressed & Dean had already left for work which is why I didn't tell him & I never thought about again until we had the problem. So Dean turned off the breaker or whatever it is you do & took the face plate off.
Obviously, something was going on.
The plugs didn't look too bad.
On second thought I guess it was pretty bad. We went to Lowe's & Dean bought new plugs & replaced them & everything works again & when I unplug stuff nothing burns me. We don't know what happened but we're thinking maybe I leave my flat iron plugged in too long. Y'all know how hot those things get & maybe over time it melted the plug. Who knows but I'm being more careful & plugging it in shortly before I need it. It heats up fast so there's no need to plug in as early as I was anyway. I'm so thankful I didn't burn the house down.

Toodles!

5 comments:

  1. Glad it's just a minor thing that Dean can fix. I don't have to worry about flat irons, don't use them...Christine

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  2. Oooh, sounds like it could have been big trouble. So glad you caught it in time.

    My DIL made lemon-filled cupcakes with a lemon frosting (seriously the most delicious thing I ever put in my mouth) for the adults at the baby's birthday party. The Man & I had not had any breads, flour, or added sugar in about 3 weeks, but we refused to be rude. We split a cupcake, & I was sick by the time I got home. It was such a weird thing. I felt woozy like I had had alcohol (none). I'm thinking I might have a wheat allergy -- oh, great!
    CAS

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  3. I burned my bathroom counter twice with my flat iron!

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  4. That is so scary! Electricity scares me sometimes. I'm always worried about electrical fires. I'm glad all is well!

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  5. Girl! So glad your house didn't burn down! Hair care can be dangerous! I have had 2 hair dryers blow up in my hand. On one of those occasions, it even shot black stuff under the skin of my palm.

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