Runtal products are designed for exceptional comfort and even home temperatures.
Electric wall heater fire hazard.
Electric baseboard heaters and electric wall heaters use electrical resistance to create heat.
How to use safely to prevent fire hazards.
This makes them far safer than many portable heaters both as a burn risk and for fire safety.
Wall heater safety the biggest threat to your home when using one of these heating units is a fire hazard.
On the other hand runtal wall mounted electric heaters reach temperatures up to 145 degrees fahrenheit yet they have high heat output.
June 16 2011 let s talk about electric wall heaters for a moment.
However because these products produce large amounts of heat.
We wound up looking closely at one of these a few days back.
Consumer product safety commission 800 638 2772 www cpsc gov www saferproducts gov reducing fire hazards for portable electric heaters the statistics cpsc estimates that from 2008 to 2010 portable electric heaters were involved in approximately 1 200 fires per year.
In addition to being a fire hazard.
Electrical fire safety week highlights the dangers to the young and old posed by electrical appliances particularly electric heaters.
The problem portable electric heaters are high wattage.
Electric wall heaters and fire safety.