On 5 Feb 2007 14:54:53 -0800, "Amanda" wrote:

On Feb 5, 2:15 pm, "Felder" wrote:
On Feb 5, 3:54 pm, "Amanda" wrote:

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Anyway, I was abusive of this small heater, not waiting for 10 mins
before trying to start again when it stops partly because I didn't
remember about the tiny print on the back that says to wait for 10
mins when ti stops. (I just saw it when broguth next to my PC for no
apparent reason.)

So it stopped working altogether and I wonder whether it's just the
wire blowing up. I have a family friend, like a brother, an
Electrical Engineer, who will be visiting me in a week or two. I am
thinking to ask him to take a look if it is just the wire. This unit
has some sort of sensor, right? Could that be that sensor?

I don't want to bother him if it is the sensor that got damaged
instead.

Just a thought, but did you try the unit on another outlet?
I just did before resplying here and ....

You may have just tripped a breaker in your breaker box.
You are a genius

I am a happy camper now. I meant to keep this unit in the closet to
warm up the closet for a few minutes so that in the morning after
getting up and when going to bed, I won't have to put on cold
clothes.

On really cold days, my mother would put my coat over the furnace hot
air vent in the hall -- I think the vent was in the hall -- so it
would be warm before I left for school.

She didn't warm my pajamas but I wasn't going out and the house was
still warm. There were no setback thermostats in those days, but she
set the thermostat down at night anyhow, of course. The problem was
that it *was* cold getting up in the morning, but we tolerated it
because we didnt' have much money. We were happy to have enough money
for 68 degrees when we weren't sleeping.



Good thing I posted here. I almost got rid of it. This prompt me to
wonder whether my paper shredder can be salvaged. It's not a cheap
kind. I did try different outlet on that one.