I have 2 space heaters. My old 1500watt quartz heater is used in the morning to quickly heat up the kitchen; it is plugged directly into the wall outlet; I only use it when I am in the room with it.
I just purchased one of these new, efficient, wall panel, convection heaters (Econo-Heat 400 watt wall panel convection heater model 603s) to maintain a comfortable temp in the bedroom at night while the furnace is turned down for the whole house. Because it's running during the night while I'm asleep, I thought that it would be safer to have it plugged into a surge protector, but I just read on-line that it's not safe to plug any type of heating element into a surge protector. Apparently surge protectors are to protect electronic equipment from an electrical surge, not to protect against heating appliance malfunction. Can someone tell me what the safest method of using a low watt heating appliance during the night is? I'm assuming that there's not a lot of risk because it's only 400 watts, and it's attached to the wall, so it can't tip over, but I want to make sure I'm safe. Should I use a surge protector or just plug it into the regular wall outlet and not worry so much?
I just purchased one of these new, efficient, wall panel, convection heaters (Econo-Heat 400 watt wall panel convection heater model 603s) to maintain a comfortable temp in the bedroom at night while the furnace is turned down for the whole house. Because it's running during the night while I'm asleep, I thought that it would be safer to have it plugged into a surge protector, but I just read on-line that it's not safe to plug any type of heating element into a surge protector. Apparently surge protectors are to protect electronic equipment from an electrical surge, not to protect against heating appliance malfunction. Can someone tell me what the safest method of using a low watt heating appliance during the night is? I'm assuming that there's not a lot of risk because it's only 400 watts, and it's attached to the wall, so it can't tip over, but I want to make sure I'm safe. Should I use a surge protector or just plug it into the regular wall outlet and not worry so much?