Questions, Answers & Tips -
Shop safety device
Have you ever returned to your workshop or layout room after
several hours to discover that you forgot to unplug a soldering
iron or glue gun? On a couple of occasions when this happened
to me, I scolded myself for what might have been.
A simple solution is at hand [4] with components from a
hardware or electrical retailer. These include a countdown wall
timer (counts down to “off”), an electrical device box (steel or
PVC), a cord with a three-prong grounded plug, a strain relief
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4. A home-made “memory compensator” shuts off
power to forgotten soldering irons and glue guns.
MRH-Aug 2014
