On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:03:09 GMT, "uncle k"
wrote:


Unloading boxes of misc. for our recently purchased place in AZ, I found a
rather sophisticated looking hair dryer (Vidal Sassoon/1600 Watt), which
appeared to be clean and in good shape. It even had a circuit breaker built
into the power cord. However, there were no marks on the sliding switch,
indicating "off/high/low." Guessing, I slid the switch to the center,
expecting to find the "off" position. I plugged it in - nothing. Good. I
temporarily hung it on the towel rack, then turned around to see what else I
could find.

Within ten seconds, my wife screamed, and I turned around to see 6" high
flames coming out of the unit. I grabbed it and winged it out onto the
verandah. Fortunately, the black smoke residue left on the wall cleaned
up - no harm done.

Glad everyone is ok.

You have my story beat. I had a toaster oven, maybe Black and
Decker. It had a lever on the right that one could push down until
it latched and that turned it on.

My kitchen counter was such a mess, piled with boxes and and dishes,
and flat things (pot holders, I dont' remember what) that eventually
the pile landed on the lever and turned on the oven, even though the
lever wasn't far enough down to latch. It went on anyhow.

I smelled something (although the smoke alarm didn't go off) found it
and put it out. I had one of those high quality plastic forks,
translucent grey, on top of it, and it melted into a puddle. And a
couple other things I forget.

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me know if you have posted also.