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Default Leaky oil-filled electric radiator. Dangerous?

On Oct 19, 6:45*pm, Tim Watts wrote:
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.