What appliances do you leave on when you leave?

[underpants]

The dishwasher?
The washing machine?
The drier?

My wife has a thing about electrical devices. I turn off the drier but I'll let the other ones run as I leave. I guess it is a water thing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. None

My brother almost burned to death as a teenager when my mom left the dryer running as he was taking a nap. It caught fire and he only got out because my mother returned home. I am a bit pyrophobic. I even unplug my Bunn coffee maker when I'm leaving for more than a day.

[stuntcat]

2. pyrophobic

I'm that way too, my house burned when I was little and we lost all our stuff. That'll really mess you up.
I'm so forgetful that I've made a list of everything to check before I leave the house. Except my computer, which I worry about, it's got a fan but anything can happen, I hope it's okay. I should probably turn it off too. What do y'all think about computers left on?

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Sometimes I'll run out with the main one on, but not the lap top...

I don't know why I insist on the laptop being off. But the whole time I'm out, I worry about the main one catching. I really take it a bit too far. I worry about cloth (i.e. curtains, paper baskets) that are too close to outlets and what have you.

When MrG and I were first married, we lived in a mobile home. I worked nights. WannaBe was sleeping and MrG had just dozed off. I came home about an hour early, luckily, just as the heat tape caught the insulation (you know that "flame proof" stuff?) on fire. I shudder to think.

[Little Wing]

19. Why leave it on?

The only thing I could see leaving on is a digital clock and the fridge.

[SmokingJacket]

3. Just the washing machine.

I figure it's too wet to catch on fire...

The drier, no way!

[Gormy Cuss]

4. The refrigerator.

I don't run the others when I'm not home. A dishwasher or washing machine if it malfunctions can cause more damage the longer it's left unattended because of the water. With the dryer, it's the difference between a small fire and one that burns down the house.

[matcom]

5. Dishwasher

NEVER the dryer

[underpants]

11. I leave the toilets on

we have some inside ones

[AngryAmish]

6. Stove, iron, oven, dryer

chainsaw, blasting caps...

[underpants]

7. ...

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Mostly just the kerosene lamps and space heaters, the gas dryer, and curling irons

I hate waiting for a curling iron to heat up, so I leave 'em plugged in and on all the time.

Same with the Chipper Shredder that sits perpetually in the front yard across from the elementary school.

[underpants]

10. What about the tubside toaster?

:shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. I don't eat toast in the tub, silly. Don't be stupid. I eat fried shrimp and donuts and crabcakes!

That's what the tubside fryer is for, and that fucker never gets turned off! I use the blowdryer to blow the extra grease off the foodstuffs. And of course, my old 480 Volt/Three-phase tube radio with exposed tubes sits lovingly within reach.


Toast in the bathtub. :eyes: What, do you think I'm crazy?

Jeez.

:eyes:

[SKKY]

9. Washing machine, dishwasher, computers...

[realisticphish]

13. computer and fish tank

i can't afford to even own the other appliances, let alone leave them on :D

[bigwillq]

14. Usually none of those

I have a thing about leaving things on.

[supernova]

15. I leave on the TV and a couple of lamps

to make the house look occupied. Other than that I make sure all other appliances are turned off.

I would never leave the dryer running. It's a fire hazard. (Dust and lint can catch fire.) Washing machine is OK.

[meegbear]

17. The fridge

[MissMillie]

18. only the TV

but I put it on a timer to turn off about an hour after I leave.

[Little Wing]

20. Why?

[MissMillie]

22. my sister told me it eases separation anxiety for the pets

:shrug:

[grasswire]

25. I used to leave CNN or a radio on all the time...

...even if I was gone for a few days, so my elder cats would have some voices to hear. Plus I feel that radio or TV noise deters burglars.

[kwassa]

21. Coffee pot

I like the nice burnt smell when I come home.

[Shell Beau]

23. I try not to leave any on. Although I will let my crockpot slow cook while I am gone!

What sense does that make?

[wildhorses]

24. the refrigerator...and i unplug stuff from the wall, too

:shrug: