csearle wrote:Well if there is any kind of inductive load, which your Iron may well be then, depending upon when in the cycle the switch disconnects, it most certainly will arc. That shouldn't cause an over-current though as the load would limit the current*.Clariman wrote:The only thing he could think of was that the socket switch was faults and had arced.
Not sure what it could have been other than a momentary short circuit (probably near where movement occured).
Chris
* Not so in the case of a filament lamp where the arc can effectively replace the filament (the load).
He did say that a short circuit was a possibility. Socket looked very secure wiring wise and the iron has a molded plug on it.