Posted 4 years ago
Cokeman1959
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Got these today and they are Hot point irons. The cords are intact. Bought some Ironing boards awhile back and these will go great with them.
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Posted 4 years ago
Cokeman1959
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Got these today and they are Hot point irons. The cords are intact. Bought some Ironing boards awhile back and these will go great with them.
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They look like they would probably still work but I would be afraid to screw it in or plug it in
They need cleaning and I believe they would work too. I believe they were used up to the moment the person was no longer that owned them. The tag is still on the cloth cord.
Thanks kwqd and Anything for looking and loving!
Don't think I could even give one to my friends who live on boats.
Thanks everyone for the looks and loves! blunderbuss2.....I am going to clean them up and plug them in. I will let you know what happens....maybe?
I'm referring to a quick run-down of their boat batteries.
blunderbuss2...I appreciate you:)!
Glad somebody does !
It isn't ?
Guess you weren't supposed to iron at nite.
That's exactly what you're seeing keramikos. In the early early days of home electrification (especially in rural areas probably) often all that was available were light fixtures -- wall outlets and such didn't quite become commonplace for a little while after that as the technology improved itself. Somewhere I have an antique 'drop light' fixture (shown here somewhere I think?) with the same kind of 'plug' on it. Mine is made with a separate 'ring' that allows it to be screwed in to the light socket without actually twisting the cord all up as well -- kinda a cool old porcelain/brass thing?!! :-) :-) :-)
I tell you what I think..... I think that yall are about the best bunch of folks I know! Thanks for all the insight and I love all the going back and forth. I am gonna test them but it will be outside. Mama ain't happy no how as I just keep buying:)
She don't mind but she wants me to sell some of it and i am still in the gathering stage:)
Wear rubber gloves and I would use an extension cord. Plug the extension cord in last. Bon chance !
Fellows.....you all have been successful in scaring me now:0 I am going to assume based on their condition that they would work if they were plugged in but not actually doing it. Electrical engineer is somebody I thought that drove a train:)
I sure do appreciate you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reminds me of a guy I knew who was in demolition during WWII in Europe. He said they were checking a village for booby traps and found an intact jukebox in a cafe'. Said the Germans never left anything like that without shooting it up, so were suspicious. They disassembled it and it appeared clean, but just they didn't trust it. Took it outside and ran an extension to it and when they plugged it in, it went sky high.
Don't be afraid Cokeman -- as long as both their cords are basically intact (no bare copper 'worn spots' that is, especially where they leave the irons themselves) they're probably perfectly safe to plug in and "test" -- but I would do it as BB2 suggests -- attach the iron's cord to an extension cord *first*, then plug that cord into a wall outlet. For the one with the screw-in cord, maybe you have a switched light fixture in your shed/garage that could serve...temporarily replace the light bulb with the iron cord *then* flip the switch that'd normally turn the light on and see what happens. My bet (as yours) is that both of 'em probably STILL do work fine, even if they'd both also likely make your electric meter try to spin itself to death...worse case is probably just a tripped circuit breaker if something *is* really wrong with one of them...?? <lol> :-) :-) :-)
Good Wednesday evening everybody! Did I tell yall that I appreciated you? Well, If I haven't then let me tell you...I APPRECIATE YALL! If you don't hear from me in a few days then let's just say the iron experiment went horribly wrong:)