Watching with my space heater on

@notsure6187

5 жыл бұрын

SilverMight is it next to your couch?

@zalievac

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@mrcyborg9216

3 жыл бұрын

same

@divyanshpathak8804

3 жыл бұрын

Careful he is a hero😂

@loudspeakertestsmorebyaida3804

3 жыл бұрын

Watching when my space heater is more than 6 feet from every combustible on the lowest settings

What I've learned: Don't put a space heater directly against a couch, and don't turn off the safety features. Good to know, I was planning on doing that this weekend.

@emilyavery5970

7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, some of the older units don't have this feature. I had one catch on fire because my niece (about 7 years old) placed a towel too close to the unit.. Thankfully, I was able to put the fire out.

As an electrician i see these things used in old buildings all the time. The reason is old drafty house, inefficient heating systems in the building. So they run a 1500w load on a shitty 100 year old knob & Tube circuit. I've seen these things start fires in the wall.

@niveyoga3242

3 жыл бұрын

We have exactly the same problem, it's like hell in the room D:

@mickefy682

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have an alternative method to heating?

@RikRule

Жыл бұрын

@@mickefy682 push ups

This poor person is taking the blame for the failures of the building owner who had 9 heat complaints in 2021. Unsafe buildings owned by Slum Lords (one of which is a part of NYC mayor's transition team) are to blame.

This is terrifying bc I live in a mobile home and space heaters are my only source of heat 😩🥴

Me using my heater with a extension cord👁👄👁

@panchi3457

3 жыл бұрын

That's dangerous as hell 💀

@Enqusa.

3 жыл бұрын

@@panchi3457 in the winter it always on with my extension cord LMAOO nothing has really happened

@panchi3457

3 жыл бұрын

@@Enqusa. Yeah, but one of my friend's house burned down from having a heater plugged into an extension cord.

@Enqusa.

3 жыл бұрын

@@panchi3457 is he okay?

@panchi3457

3 жыл бұрын

@@Enqusa. Yes, I know his brother had to go to the hospital, but other than that no people and no pets died luckily.

Why never use an extension chord?

@momentomori1747

Жыл бұрын

It draws enough current to potentially melt cheap extension cords, and if the space heater is pointed too close it may melt the cord in general. If you must use an extension cord, use a 10 or 12 gauge one just to be safe, and avoid plugging it into a power strip. It's already almost 13 amps, so you don't really want to plug anything else in with it.

Duh. This is why the word “space” is used with heater. It means not to put near any combustible.

So who puts a space heater 2 inches away from furniture? It's almost literally touching the sofa. This demonstration should've been more realistic in terms of probable distance during misuse.

@colossalbreacker

3 жыл бұрын

if it was more realistic it wouldn't have caught on fire

@jonathangwynne1917

3 жыл бұрын

It would have taken a few hours to start the fire if it had been a normal distance away from the sofa.

@DineroA1

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonathangwynne1917 the fire wouldnt have happened

@chadmargraf4020

2 жыл бұрын

Doesnt matter if this isnt EXACTLY how people do it, this is what happens when you misuse appliances.

Who tf does someone put the space heater that close to furniture, terrible simulation.

@Factoryseconds123

3 жыл бұрын

This was a demo, for one, and they just wanted to illustrate a point. Moving the space heater further away would likely have created a fire, too, but just have taken longer. Also, you do know that space heaters have cords, right? Do you have pets? They can get a paw caught on the cord and accidentally drag the space heater too close to a bed or couch. And a lot of people like to keep space heaters next to them while sleeping to stay warm. If you toss and turn, it doesn't take much to knock that space heater on your bedside table down, or bring it near you, or something.

@mandingobingo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Factoryseconds123 i have pets, and yes, they occasionally knock the space heater down. But I sure as hell hear the noise it makes when it falls too. Then I pick it up and move it again. Space heaters are safe, its just negligence that leads to situations like fires

@bazil4146

3 жыл бұрын

Aside from the safety issue. A space heater that close to anything would definitely not heat up a space

Everyone acting surprised that the heater is unsafe after they turn the built in safety features off and aim it directly at something flammable.

@mario12359

3 жыл бұрын

This is why i hate the human race LOOOOL don't leave space heater unattended aka the name SPACE HEATER AKA GIVE SPACE or my favorite oh look the heater touching the couch the flame gets into couch warming up people are surprised the human race is doomed.

If you go to the corner of Washington Ave and East Maltbie Ave in Google street view you can see the burned-out boarded-up husk of the house that was left after the fire, and if you zoom out to the 3D sat view you can see the new 3 storey house that's been built in its place since!

Who is the genius that turns the space heater on one inch from the couch and pointed directly at it? At some point early on you would smell something burning. Ever place a space heater close to something, it has a smell that says, not a good idea.

My question... What about the radiating oil heaters with fins? You know, the knee high ones that just heat oil up in each fin with an electric coil? I mean, I get that they are hella hot, but will 1 or 2 feet make very much difference? It seems like anything that blankets the heat (I've draped blankets over one to isolate the heat for a few minutes), could potentially cause a fire, but what about an open area with nothing draped over it? If anyone has a video or has an anecdotal/visual/photo evidence of such, I'd love to see it! That way I'll know how safe this type of heater is! Thank you! 😊😊

@Subt0nix

3 жыл бұрын

man i feel like it would take like 6 hours for that to catch anything on fire, you can sit on those things for 10 minutes and barely feel it through your jeans.

@wilsjane

2 жыл бұрын

Since there is a thermostat controlling the maximum oil temperature below the auto ignition temperature of fabrics, they should be safe. However any electrical device can fail and needless to say faulty or overloaded wiring can cause a fire.

@Muonium1

3 ай бұрын

those are literally the safest kind of electric space heater available. The infrared ones shown in this video have components that easily exceed a thousand degrees and can ignite flammable materials instantly, the big oil filled ones with fins never have any part exceeding a couple hundred degrees or so and are effectively incapable of igniting normal combustible house materials.

so you're telling me.. if i touch something like a heater. thats been running. that i could burn my self ??? who would have guess!!!

Not only can It catch fire by being too close to Combustible Idems It can also Catch fire if they are cheaply made Like for instance That heater had the Heating Coils glow orange BUT the frame was also plastic :/. So guys If can give you ANY advice just buy the little white plastic fan heaters they are 100% safer and they still do an Amazing job heating your house :)

Automatic safety has been shut off. 🤔🤔🤔

Until this day. I refuse to use a space heater. I hate when a co worker use it. I just bundle up with 5 blankets and fleece pjs that's warm enough for me.

@fabianstern2315

2 жыл бұрын

best in combination with a space heater

@mjallen1308

2 жыл бұрын

Im sure your coworker can’t bundle up with 5 blankets and PJs at work tho...

So this happend to me last week, I am glad it was minor, it took a little bit of the couch even though it wasn't close. There was a malfunction in the system from the heater, it didn't turn off when the maximum heat was surpassed.

That's not fire from a space heater. That an answer to the question: How fast can you set your couch on fire using a space heater?

Which ones started the fires? I want those

@moonlightshadowpony

4 жыл бұрын

that was my thought. Plus the Automatic Safety was shut off? how does that work exactly?

Very good demonstration

Who really puts a space heater THAT close to a couch though?

Also never shut off the safety

.... I wanna warm up my couch

While arson investigators look for clues that reveal accelerants, you can't tell if the source of the fire is a source of temporary heat. Like a bullet heater temporarily facing an electrical outlet. Firefighters know this best.

I have a little 500 watt one from Amazon and I only have it on when I'm in the room, its on my dresser with nothing else around it.. and I'm still scared of it lol But I have no heat :(

@highonsmog

3 жыл бұрын

Get a $50+, 1500 watt heater from a big brand, that wasn't returned to store previously (no tape or dents on box). The 500 watt type won't work well, is cheaply made, and outputs less heat per moment than your body needs to warm up, wasting more heat in the process. Amazon isnt reliable bc anyone can sell Chinese knock offs, and returned merchandise on the site pretty easily. Keep your new heater at least 3 feet away from everything. And unplug it when pets/kids are around but you aren't.

this channel using Omnitrix dial turning sfx

“IF” you were to by-pass the safety features (over-heat switch, tip-over switch, etc.) of any space heater AND you place it that close to ANYTHING, combustible or not… then you are (and I’m NOT going to say that you “deserve it” because I would NEVER wish/hope that on ANYONE… even my own worse enemy) definitely going to be fighting a fire and rapidly growing flames within a few minutes!!! So, beyond a shadow of any and all doubt, you are simply asking for a MAJOR ISSUE if you were to do something a stupid as what they did in the video. And before anyone says anything… I kNOW that they were just doing it to show what “could” happen if that was done… but surely people are brighter than that, right!?!?!?

Crazy just saw on local news how this has been causing alot of fires. People need to always pay attention to them. They can easily be moved by accident and be forgotten

I use 500w heaters... No problem so far.

@chadmargraf4020

2 жыл бұрын

Doesnt mean you can be reckless. Misusing even the tiniest of appliances can result in the loss of everything you hold dear.

Some advice ? Never turn off the safety measures.that's it!

@bazil4146

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think there’s even a way to turn them off

@mashy712

Жыл бұрын

They like trying to make things catch fire to scare us

This so - called "Space Heater" also caused the Kaprun Disaster some 5 years ago (I'm not sure) with about a dozen people dead. In the train that led to the ski slope, an ordinary, Home Depot - type electric heater was mounted in the driver's cabin. Hydraulic oil dripping from a broken pipe onto the heater set the train ablaze while it was in a long tunnel sloping upwards to the station. When some the persons trapped inside finally made it out of the burning train, they fled upwards and were killed by the fumes, while many others died in the train. Oh, I forget: NEVER buy a Chinese - made heater, if your life is dear! It's cheapo, but it can kill you! That's the Chinese revenge on the Western World! I don't like that Real Estate bloke in the Oval Office, but in that point he is right!

@msd835

2 жыл бұрын

You should blame oil not Chinese heater, since it is oil drip onto the heater causing the fire.

@jurgenkuhlmann9194

2 жыл бұрын

@@msd835 Ooops, you are right, wrong conclusion here; maybe I should re-edit my comment? Anyway, my opinion about Chinese - made electric stuff of any kind (e.g. heaters, hair dryers) hasn't changed! Due to an investigation by the German electrical Engeneer's Association (VDE), most of this Chinese stuff IS unsafe, because it's not made according to international standards.

@msd835

2 жыл бұрын

@@jurgenkuhlmann9194 I don’t necessarily think Chinese stuff are bad, rather you get what you pay for. There are high quality Chinese stuff, a lot actually, that are designed/made to follow western standards, but those are just like German made or Japan made, not cheap. The cheap stuff on the other hand, those are literally crap, cause factories have to use the cheapest material and the cheapest manpower to save cost, so often very flimsy, not durable at all, breaks down easily, those are built for the purpose of being cheap.

@jurgenkuhlmann9194

2 жыл бұрын

@@msd835 Exactly. So let's spend a little more money, and leave the cheapo stuff! You get something that might last a bit longer and doesn't set your house on fire due to faulty wiring!

@mommychrissy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes try to buy them Amish heaters