iron suddenly causes breaker to trip?

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We live in a 2007 house, been here about 1.5 years now. I always use the same outlet for my iron. Today when I plugged it in, the outlet kind of sparked and then caused the breaker to trip. Tried again, tripped again.

I tried a different outlet and it caused that (different) breaker to trip.

I'm planning to just buy a new iron (it's probably 10 years old) and hope that solves the problem.

Has this happened to anyone? I really don't want to worry about some kind of electrical problem in my house (although I've already placed a call for an appt).

[kaylie]

I've had that happen before with other small appliances. Chances are the problem is with the iron, not the outlet.

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Ok thank you, this makes me feel better. Electrical things make me very nervous!