| Space heaters have been known to cause house | | | | propane and natural gas heaters, but electric |
| fires. This potential danger makes some worry | | | | heaters for indoor use will be the safest. |
| about the safety of using a space heater at | | | | Tilt switch off. Find a heater that will automatically |
| home. There are some safety features and | | | | turn off if it is bumped or tilted. This will prevent |
| behaviors that you can do to make a space | | | | the heater from falling face down and catching |
| heater safe. | | | | the carpet on fire. |
| Safety Tip | | | | Thermostat. A thermostat will keep the heater |
| One of the biggest problems with these heaters | | | | from getting itself too hot. |
| is when laundry, bedding, pillows, or something | | | | Timers. Find heaters that have timers on them. |
| else is left too close to the heater which will cause | | | | These are timers that you can set to make it |
| it to catch fire and potentially burn the home | | | | automatically shut off in hour ever many hours |
| down. If you use a heater of any kind make sure | | | | you tell it to. When you switch it on get in the |
| it's in a place that this cannot happen. | | | | habit of setting the shut off timer in case you |
| Safety Features | | | | forget the heater is on. |
| Overheating switch off. Some space heaters | | | | With these features that have been added to |
| have a mechanism in them that will automatically | | | | space heaters over the years, they have |
| switch them off if the unit gets too hot. This will | | | | become much more safe than they used to be. |
| ensure that the heater won't get to a point | | | | Get one with these safety features and be sure |
| where it will catch fire. | | | | to still make good judgments. |
| Find one that runs on electricity. There are | | | | |