[Boatanchors] soldering iron safety

[Rob Atkinson]

These are all great ideas; thanks to everyone.  Ironically the iron
was plugged into a power strip that had three lights on it as well,
and what did I do, I turned off the lamps individually because that's
my habit.  Good idea to just get in the habit of turning off the whole
power strip at once or using a master switch.  yes I thought the sign
might fade into the background too.  I know myself too well, hi.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:24 PM, mikea <mikea at mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 01:17:11PM -0500, rbethman wrote:
>> Rob,
>>
>> I guess I've been a safety nut for decades.
>>
>> I never leave one on.  I always turn each of them off after using them.
>>
>> This would be a good habit to develop.
>>
>> How about a sign on the bench top?
>
> How about only plugging them into a plugstrip or switched outlet that also
> powers a relatively bright light? Even if everything else in the shack
> is powered down, the light plugged into that outlet will remind you that
> Something Still Is On.
>
> --
> Mike Andrews, W5EGO
> mikea at mikea.ath.cx
> Tired old sysadmin
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