Dimming of lights?

Question

When my mom turned on her clothing iron I noticed that the lights dimmed significantly. Should we get a newer clothing iron?

Answer 1

She's just drawing lots of power.

Look into a newer iron that uses less power but also one that uses steam, it will get the clothes done in less time.

Watch that you don't use several appliances that draw a lot of power at once, it leads to breaking fuses.

Answer 2

Any appliance that heats (electric stove, dryer, iron, hair care appliances) use more electricity than others.  (It's never a good idea to use more than one of them at one time.)  This is caused by an overheating of your electrical circuits in your home.  Maybe you should have your home's electrical wiring checked out.  If you live in an older home, oftentimes the wiring is inadequate to handle so many modern appliances.  You might want to call your electric company for more information on this.

Answer 3

It just uses allot of power drawing allot of amps . You need to use a separate electrical outlet that can handle the surge

Answer 4

no that is happening due to the power being pulled by the iron being turned on.

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Answer 5

Maybe Get a new iron. BUT if that doesn't solve the problem  A. Stop over loading that particular circuit. B. Get your house wiring checked. C. Have your electrical panel looked at. D. I'm not kidding.

Answer 6

What happened was, when you plugged in the iron, there was a great usage of power. This may be because the iron is getting old or it just uses a bunch of power. You should have a label on it that states how many amps this appliance uses.

Most home outlets are on a 15 amp breaker, and if you plug in your iron and it uses 12 amps.......wel you know what happens.

Answer 7

no

Answer 8

No its because the iron is using heat up power and a new one will do the same ~~

Answer 9

To be honest with you, I have that same problem. I have yet to figure out why but, undoubtly it uses alot of energy to run that little gadget. I use mine alot because I sew but another good question is "Should we go back to heating the cast iron"?

HMMM! Something to think about.

Answer 10

a new iron may be more efficient and use less watts.plus they don't cost very much.It should'nt dim the lights but only very slightly . it could be ready to trip your breaker if theres too much draw.

Answer 11

I would be more concerned about the capacity of the circuit than the draw of the iron if it is dimming your lights.