I rose this morning at 3.30am, venturing into the kitchen for a glass of water I hear a noise and look towards the stove.
I notice the electric hotplate is on.
I used it over 12 hours ago and left it on 380C.
Slight rise in the power bill next time.
I was surprised by my last power bill and how small it was considering I have used the heater for many hours over winter.
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Easily done, specially if you have things occupying your mind and distractions to deal with. Done similar things myself.
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Wouldn’t happen to me.I’ve turned into my father,I regularly go around the house turning things off. 
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I have just had to throw a pile of food away as I did not shut the freezer door properly.
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I’ve got lights and buzzer on most of my appliances. Yes. The misses forgets the stove is on an she can’t hear it beeping. I ask, did you leave the stove on. I’m usually the one that doesn’t close the freezer door all the way.
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My hob is an induction type, so it switches itself off if there is no pan on the hob.That is a great way to stop me leaving a hob ring on by mistake.
If I put a pan on the hob and leave it to boil or simmer, I set an automatic timer on the hob, so it switches off after the time I have set - it saves the contents of the pan boiling dry or burning!.
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