Old space heaters are a risk

A few months ago, while staying with our sibling, his furnace broke down in the middle of the night. It wouldn’t have been so bad except it was one of the coldest afternoons of the season, the temperature outside had dropped to a chilling 15 degrees! So, we needed the gas furnace to stay warm, but when we woke up that morning his home was beyond cold, and no matter how much clothes I had on, I was still cold. Thankfully, he had a space furnace in his garage that we were able to use, this furnace was an older model, which means it didn’t have the safeguards that the newer space furnaces have, for instance, the newer space furnaces have tip-over switches where the units will turn off when they are not upright. They also come equipped with automatic shut off switches in case the unit overheats. Finally, the new space furnaces have control units that can monitor the temperature inside the home and adjust itself accordingly. Because our sibling’s space furnace had none of these features, I was a bit anxious about having it close to anything. These are the furnaces that are responsible for so many fires. People tend to leave them unattended which has led to major disasters. My sibling wanted me to use the furnace in the guest room, even though I told him I wasn’t comfortable with doing that. So, we went out to a local hardware store to purchase a newer space heater, one that had all the safety features. I used the furnace for the next two afternoons while we were waiting for the furnace to get fixed. I suggested our sibling throw away the seasoned space furnace because the risk of using it is not worth it.

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I used a space heater while the main furnace was getting fixed

A few weeks ago, while staying with our sibling, his furnace broke down in the middle of the night, and it wouldn’t have been so awful except it was one of the coldest days of the season.

The temperature outside had dropped to a chilling 15 degrees. So, I needed the furnace to stay warm, when I woke up that morning his home was beyond cold, and no matter how much clothes I had on, I was still cold. Thankfully, he had an area furnace in his garage that I was able to use! However, this furnace was an older model, which means it didn’t have the safeguards that the newer section heating systems have, and for instance, the newer section heating systems have tip-over switches where the units will turn off when they are not upright. They also come equipped with automatic shut off switches in case the unit overheats. Finally, the modern section heating systems have control units that can monitor the temperature inside the home and adjust itself accordingly, because our sibling’s section gas furnace had none of these features, I was a bit concerned about having it close to anything. These are the heating systems that are responsible for so many fires, people tend to leave them unattended which has led to major disasters. My sibling wanted me to use the furnace in the guest room, although I told him I wasn’t comfortable with doing that. So, I made the decision to go out to a local hardware store to purchase a newer section heater, one that had all the safety features. I used the gas furnace for the next many days while I was waiting for the furnace to get fixed. I advocated for my sibling to throw away the old section gas furnace because the risk of using it is not worth it.

 

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A few months ago, while staying with my sibling, his oil furnace broke down in the middle of the night.

It wouldn’t have been so bad except it was one of the coldest days of the season.

The temperature outside had dropped to a chilling 15 degrees, and so, we needed the furnace to stay warm! When we woke up that afternoon his house was beyond cold, and no matter how much clothes I had on, I was still cold. Thankfully, he had a space furnace in his garage that we were able to use. This furnace was an older model, which means it didn’t have the safeguards that the newer space furnaces have. For instance, the newer space furnaces have tip-over switches where the units will turn off when they are not upright. They also come equipped with automatic shut off switches in case the device overheats. Finally, the current space furnaces have thermostats that can monitor the temperature inside the house and adjust itself accordingly! Because my sibling’s space furnace had none of these features, I was a bit worried about having it close to anything. These are the furnaces that are responsible for so many fires, and people tend to leave them unattended which has led to major disasters. My sibling wanted me to use the furnace in the guest room, but I told him I wasn’t comfortable with doing that. So, we opted to go out to a local hardware store to purchase a newer space heater, one that had all the safety features. I used the furnace for the next many days while we were waiting for the furnace to get fixed. I suggested that my sibling throw away the old space furnace because the risk of using it is not worth it.

 

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My sister’s furnace broke down in the middle of the night

So, all of us made the decision to go out to a local hardware store to purchase a newer space heater, one that had all the safety features

A few months ago, while staying with our sibling, her gas furnace broke down in the middle of the evening. It wouldn’t have been so bad except it was one of the coldest nights of the season, but the temperature outside had dropped to a chilling 15 degrees. So, we needed the furnace to stay warm, when we woke up that morning her home was beyond frigid, and no matter how much clothes I had on, I was still cold. Thankfully, she had a space furnace in her garage that all of us were able to use! However, this furnace was an older model, which means it didn’t have the safeguards that the newer space furnaces have. For instance, the newer space furnaces have tip-over switches where the units will turn off when they are not upright. They also come equipped with automatic shut off switches in case the unit overheats. Finally, the space furnaces have control units that can monitor the temperature inside the home and adjust itself accordingly, and because our sibling’s space furnace had none of these features, I was a bit worried about having it close to anything. These are the furnaces that are responsible for so many fires, people tend to leave them unattended which has led to major disasters. My sibling wanted me to use the furnace in the guest room, but I told her I wasn’t comfortable with doing that. So, all of us made the decision to go out to a local hardware store to purchase a newer space heater, one that had all the safety features. I used the furnace for a few days while all of us were waiting for the furnace to get fixed. I suggested to my sibling to throw away the old space furnace because the risk of using it is not worth it.

 

 

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