valves electronics and electro mechanical devices required for operation of electric iron 10 an on pushbutton 36 is disposed above forward pedestal 22 other conventional controls are visible in fig1 but are not identified or described since they are not considered to form an inventive part of the present disclosure referring now to fig2 there is shown generally at 38 an electrical control system according to an embodiment of the invention a manually actuated electrically deactuated switch 40 includes a switch 42 in series between one conductor of electric cord 30 and a thermostatic switch 44 a heater element 46 is connected between thermostatic switch 44 and the other conductor of electric cord 30 switch 42 is manually closeable by actuation of on pushbutton 36 and remains closed in a manner to be described until released by actuation of a solenoid 48 one terminal of solenoid 48 is connected to the switched side of switch 42 the other terminal of solenoid 48 is connected to an anode terminal of a power switching device 50 such as for example a silicon controlled rectifier a power transistor or a disk for purposes of description power switching device 50 is assumed to be a silicon controlled rectifier one skilled in the art with access to the present disclosure would be fully enabled to.