You know that feeling you get?

[Leevibe]

When you go to fire up your iron and you realize it's been on since Friday afternoon? Yeah, I just had that feeling.

[selfdestroyer]

Oh man, I have done over night but never 2 days... I was thinking of trying one of those "smart" sockets that can alert your iPhone/Android phone when its left on. Might be over kill but I would hate to burn down my garage over me forgetting to shut it off. I mean, I have only done this once, but it scared me. lol

[jubal81]

Yeeouch!


Same as Cody - I've gone overnight,but never two days. How's the tip look?

[Leevibe]

Yeeouch!


Same as Cody - I've gone overnight,but never two days. How's the tip look?

That's the funny thing. He tip is just fine. I had it dimed too. 45w iron. This is my secondary iron that I use when I'm away from my bench. Good ol' Xytronic.

[EBRAddict]

I have a Cold War era Pace, it will cut the temp back to 320F after a period of no use.

It's helpful because as soon as I sit down to do some soldering it's inevitable someone will telephone or find something for me to do.

[pickdropper]

My main irons are all stupid proof (which is unfortunately necessary).

The Weller WD1002 version I have has a microswitch in the iron stand.  You can program when it ratchets down and what it goes down to.  IIRC, I've set mine to go down to 300F if I don't use it for 20 minutes.  After 40min or an hour (can't remember) then it goes down to 0.  When I pick up the soldering pencil, the microswitch can detect I've picked it up and it quickly comes back up to temp.

My Metcal/OKI MFR-2241 isn't programmable, but it does have a "smart" stand (I think they just put a magnet it in) that keeps the temperature low when the pencil is in it.  It also has a sleep mode it goes into if it's not used for a while.

[davent]

My Weller powers down if left inactive 99 minutes.

dave

[nzCdog]

Left my hakko at work on over the weekend once.  Ooops

[galaxiex]

I have a power strip with a switch on it, mounted to my bench.

My iron and articulated desk lamp are plugged into it.
The lamp stays switched on with its own switch.
The iron I turn on and off with its own switch.

When I leave the room I switch off the power strip. The lamp goes out. 

If I've forgotten the iron on, the power strip switch off takes care of it.   

[stringsthings]

Now I don't feel so bad for leaving mine on for an hour when I left the room. 

[Leevibe]

At least it was all warmed up for me. Haha.