Leaky oil-filled electric radiator. Dangerous?
On 19/10/10 17:16, Tabby wrote:
On Oct 19, 4:12 pm, Tim wrote:
On 19/10/10 10:10, Tabby wrote:
Loss of oil wont cause the thing to overheat, the stat will function
as normal. Its only the element that'll overheat and die.
Starting a fire as it does so?
That's why I drew caution to the overheat protection vs the normal stat.
I have seen too many badly designed heaters to believe that all of them
will fail safely.
How is a non-flammable metal/sand heating element in an enclosed steel
space going to catch fire?
NT
Causing a hotspot on the dry stell casing next to it?
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