| These days it is important to buy a heater with | | | | materials that might be kept in the house. The |
| ceramic plates rather then the old models with | | | | heater must always be mounted on a solid |
| conventional coils. This is because the physical | | | | wooden piece, which is a safer alternative then |
| surface of the ceramic plates does not get as hot | | | | keeping the heater on a floor or on the carpet. |
| as the conventional coil. Additionally, all the heat in | | | | Always use delonghi space heaters with the |
| the ceramic plate is soon absorbed by the | | | | rheostat / thermostat function. The rheostat |
| aluminum fan, and therefore the heater cools | | | | function automatically gauges the amount of heat |
| down soon after it is switched off. However, the | | | | to be dispersed in relation to the overall room |
| old models of space heaters that used | | | | temperature, with more heat dispersed when the |
| conventional coils can remain hot for hours after | | | | room is chilly and less when the room starts |
| being switched off, thus, are more risky. | | | | heating up. The thermostat function eliminates the |
| Make sure that the heating element is well | | | | risk of fire by automatically switching off / |
| covered with a protective guard / grill, so that | | | | tripping off the space heater as soon as the |
| even if someone wants to touch the element, it | | | | heating element is over heated or the room |
| is extremely difficult to do so. This provides | | | | temperature reaches the desired level. |
| safety with children playing around the house. | | | | A safety tip to remember is that these heaters |
| To avoid the delonghi space heater resulting in | | | | should always be kept as close as possible to the |
| house fires, please make certain that the room in | | | | circuit, or electricity connection. This is because |
| which the heater is placed is properly ventilated. | | | | using a long cord or wire is generally risky, as few |
| Whenever ventilation is a problem, you are | | | | cords have the density to transmit the heat |
| advised to use only the electrical version of these | | | | required by the heater, without heating up |
| heaters, which do not require any ventilation in | | | | themselves. The use of a long cord increases the |
| the room. | | | | risk of cord burns. Also make sure that the cord |
| To avoid curtains or your clothes catching fire, | | | | does not run under a carpet. A safer alternative is |
| place the space heater at some distance from | | | | that it should be properly managed and clipped to |
| yourself, room curtains as well as any flammable | | | | walls. |