Left iron on for over a day !!!!

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Not me but the darling wife....

Luckily house didnt burn down. Any idea how much its gonna cost in electricity ???

artha

[quote=[Deleted User];discussion/2471415]Not me but the darling wife....

Luckily house didnt burn down. Any idea how much its gonna cost in electricity ???[/QUOTE]

If the iron is thermostatically controlled then it wouldn't have been continually using power. Just topping up to maintain temp. I don't think you'l notice the cost on your bill

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artha wrote: »

If the iron is thermostatically controlled then it wouldn't have been continually using power. Just topping up to maintain temp. I don't think you'l notice the cost on your bill

Someone else up late too. LOL !!!!!

Yeh. It is I guess.

Its 2400w so for 24 hrs this works out at 2.4kw/hr x 24 = 57.6 X 9.77p per kwh = £5.62. Does this sound about right?

Although, like you said, once its at full temp its just maintaining this rather than full power.

artha

[quote=[Deleted User];32861835]Someone else up late too. LOL !!!!!

Yeh. It is I guess.

Its 2400w so for 24 hrs this works out at 2.4kw/hr x 24 = 57.6 X 9.77p per kwh = £5.62. Does this sound about right?

Although, like you said, once its at full temp its just maintaining this rather than full power.[/QUOTE]

As you have calculated the cost would be quite high if it were continually using power i.e. like an electric fire. However if it's just keeping the sole plate at a given temp then it's not going to be as bad. It pales into insignificance when you consider what could have happened if it had been left face down on a combustible surface.

Time for bed for me. I didn't realise how late it was!

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Hi,

[quote=[Deleted User];32861835]Its 2400w so for 24 hrs this works out at 2.4kw/hr x 24 = 57.6 X 9.77p per kwh = £5.62. Does this sound about right?[/QUOTE]

your calculation seems right, but, was it set at maximum, hot, medium, or cool, then allowing for the thermostat cutting in and out you were maybe only using half a unit an hour, so not as much as £5.62.

If you really want to know you could set it up again, in a safe position, at the same setting and leave it on for a day using one of these,



£5.62 is only about 2 pints of lager :beer:, so a bit less bevvy today, and you're square. :rotfl:

misgrace

Even if it works out a tenner, you have had a result,:D as it could have been worse, the whole house could have fused, blown up, started a fire etc, so I wouldnt worry about the extra, just thank your lucky stars it didnt cause any damage.

poppyolivia

I left mine on for 19 hours once...I felt sick when I found out!lol I was just relieved it didn't burn my house down!

ormus

my wife did it yrs ago.
its very funny to see a melted iron like a Dali watch.
scarey too.

gabyjane

Eek..we went out friday night and when we got home dh shouted down to me that id'e left my hair straightners on..we had been out 5ish hours..they were on their safety mat but on the ironing board they reach 200 degrees+ so was very lucky tbh.

needahol

I left my iron on for 2 weeks while we were on holiday. I was 16 at the time and not too popular when we got back. No idea what the cost of it was

Mrs_Imp

I left my gas oven on for a week while I was away from home. ooops.