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> The standard American household with 2.3 kids has everything on the counter near the toaster. I always, and have always, pulled my toaster out on to a clear
by vonmoltke 7y ago
> The standard American household with 2.3 kids has everything on the counter near the toaster.
I always, and have always, pulled my toaster out on to a clear portion of the counter before using it, to make sure nothing is too close when it operates.
> And plug it back in every morning? That'd be unnecessarily annoying.
Again, that's how I have always done it.
Growing up, both of these things were considered Toaster Safety 101.
- OJFord 7y agoWhy not just turn it off rather than actually unplug it?
- NickNameNick 7y agoProbably because American sockets are normally un-switched. (I don't get it - Every socket where I live has a built in switch)
- frosted-flakes 7y agoThey are always unswitched, with the exception of some houses where a wall switch controls a receptacle on the other side of the room (for lamps). There's no room for a switch on the receptacle, and North America has used the same plug arrangement since the 1910s (a ground prong was added later, but an ungrounded lamp from 1915 is still compatible with modern receptacles). Changing it now is not likely to happen. It is possible to buy a combination unit with a receptacle and a switch on a single yolk and wire it up so that the switch controls the receptacle, but I've never seen it done.
- OJFord 7y agoOh I see, thanks, yes me too.