| Historically, heaters have been blamed to be | | | | about 3 feet. It is also essential that the space |
| associated with many office / home fires, | | | | heather is mounted on a solid, non-flammable |
| especially when no one is around or when | | | | material, and not on carpets. |
| everyone is asleep. However, the question of | | | | Always look for safety features of a rheostat |
| whether delonghi space heaters are safe is similar | | | | and thermostat when buying a heater. The |
| to one whether driving a car is safe. The basic | | | | rheostat automatically gauges the amount of heat |
| answer is that as long as you follow the rules and | | | | to be dispersed, relative to the overall room |
| guidelines, these heaters pose no threat. These | | | | temperature. When the room is chilly, it disperses |
| days, heaters come with additional safety | | | | more heat, which reduces and room temperature |
| features, some of which are discussed below. | | | | begins to rise. The thermostat function is the best |
| A newer version of space heaters available today | | | | solution to the problem of forgetting to switch off |
| comes with a ceramic plate, instead of the | | | | the space heather. As soon as the room |
| conventional coil. Although the conventional coil | | | | temperature reaches its desired level, or the |
| gets hot and can thus hurt you, the ceramic plate | | | | heater is over heated, with the risk of a fire |
| does not hurt you. This is because the physical | | | | increasing, the thermostat automatically switches |
| surface of the plate never gets as hot as a coil | | | | off / trips off the heater, and thus eliminates the |
| because all the heat is being transmitted to the | | | | risk of fire or any other kind of damage. |
| fan which then disperses it into the room. | | | | The heating element should be well guarded. Most |
| A space heater can only be used in a room which | | | | models today come with a secure grill to |
| is well ventilated; otherwise you run the risk of | | | | completely cover the heating element and the |
| suffocation in the room. However, technological | | | | heated portion of the space heater. This reduces |
| improvements have helped introduce electrical | | | | risk when children and playing around the room or |
| heaters, which work in such a way that they do | | | | your family is seated close to the heater. |
| not require a ventilated room. | | | | However, the newer versions of these heaters, in |
| A safety tip for using delonghi space heaters is | | | | the shape of portable electric heaters, that heat |
| that they must be kept at some distance from | | | | up by circulating oil or water do not even need a |
| flammable materials, curtains and clothes. The | | | | grill to guard them as the physical surface never |
| recommended distance by most manufacturers is | | | | heats up. |