Abstract: An electrical connection installation for a cordless electric appliance, such as a flatiron, has an electrical contact part carried by a stationary base serving as a stand for the appliance and which is adapted to mate with the electrical contacts of the appliance when the appliance is placed on the base. The contact part is coupled to an electric power source in in the base by a switch having a pair of contacts normally biased to an open position by springs formed from curved sheet metal strips and which are closed by a magnetically reactive contact actuating member responsive to the proximity of a permanent magnet in the appliance when the appliance is placed on the base.