8 hours ago
The bigger question is how do you screw up the design of a heater so badly that it's caught on fire three times already?
An electric heater is literally the simplest electrical device in existence, and has been around for many decades, just like the light-bulb, since they're really just the same thing.
The safety principles are almost as basic. Don't put the hot bit near anything combustible, use wiring heavy enough to carry the current required, and have thermal protection cutouts that operate if somehow the thing overheats (especially if you cheaped out with a plastic housing for the heating element or some shit).
If they can't get something that basic done right, what else have they done wrong?
An electric heater is literally the simplest electrical device in existence, and has been around for many decades, just like the light-bulb, since they're really just the same thing.
The safety principles are almost as basic. Don't put the hot bit near anything combustible, use wiring heavy enough to carry the current required, and have thermal protection cutouts that operate if somehow the thing overheats (especially if you cheaped out with a plastic housing for the heating element or some shit).
If they can't get something that basic done right, what else have they done wrong?