Fire at my house

[Noel]

Call your insurance.....

Smoke damage is serious stuff.

[bennelson]

Yep, already have.

[cfg83]

wagonman76 -

Originally Posted by wagonman76

Good thing it wasnt worse, and that nobody got hurt.

My wife has long since always unplugged the toaster when not using it, because she had one start on fire once. It usually ticks me off slightly, but after hearing about your experience, Ill be more thankful.

If you want to be hardcore safe, get an on/off plug-in timer with the on/off tabs that you can take out :

Plug-in Timers
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Take out all the on/off tabs and only leave only one off tab.

When you make toast, you have :

- Spin the timer so that it is maybe an hour or less from the off tab.
- Turn the timer to the "on" position manually.
- Make toast as usual.

I know, I know, what a waste of time. But where there's toast/coffee/toaster oven paranoia, there's a way.

CarloSW2

[cfg83]

bennelson -

Originally Posted by bennelson

Hey! I have a great idea for a web forum.

Toastermodder.com

EDIT:

Oh wait. It's been done.

OhGizmo! » toaster

PS - that's the opposite of what I want.

Wow, that toaster's cool!

CarloSW2

[MetroMPG]

Was this one of those newfangled toasters with the printed circuit board & more onboard computing power than a typical Apollo spacecraft? Or one of the old style ones?

Glad it wasn't worse.

[bennelson]

It was one of the newfangled ones.

I think all that has to happen is a diode or something goes on the circuit board and the whole thing goes haywire.

Give me an old-fangled anything, anyday!

[justpassntime]

bennelson,

I look at it this way, it could have been worse, it could have been my house. Although in some ways that might have been an improvement. Damn everyone else has all the luck. Free home improvements insurance style.

[metroschultz]

Glad your O.K.
Glad no one was hurt,
I guess it is time for a reevaluation, I (We) should all take a lesson and start unplugging appliances that are not in use. Even if they aren't new fangled.


"Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance"
.................................................. .............Confucius

Take Care,
Schultz.

[Tango Charlie]

Yes, very glad to hear that you are OK.
The worse thing is, all that home repair hassle might keep you away from the Metro project!

I agree with Johnny; time to mod a toaster!
And your wife won't have to hunt for the bathroom scale...

[dremd]

Glad your ok.

Look on the bright side; weather in Chicago isn't causing you to be stuck in Las Vegas. Ok maybe I'm overstating my problem . . .

Regardless; care to share some toaster specifics in case any other ecomodders own one?