Space Heater

This is the time of year when the news is full of people killed when a space heater sets their home on fire. So this post is to reassure you who worry about me. (Hi, Tammy.)

First are the safety features built into the unit itself. These were on my “must have” list so I was glad to find them printed right on the box.

The next thing to do was decide where to put it.

Yesterday I tried putting it on the counter right behind me. It was like sitting by a wood fire–too warm on one side. So today I decided I’d trying heating the room instead of heating me.

The safest place to put it to try that seemed to be at the far end of the hallway. This is the view of it from my desk area.

To hard to see that? How about from the other end of my bed?

My Scoot is currently parked outside so there’s lots of room there. See? Nothing close that could catch on fire.

And if I turn around and straddle it and look up I see:

My fire detector on the ceiling about as close to that heater as it can get.

While across from me sitting at my desk is:

My primary exit. That’s my key lying on the counter so I can grab it on my way by if I should have to exit quickly. Hate to get locked out, you know. Besides, that key would let me unlock the back doors right behind the heater in case I should actually have to use a fire extinguisher on it. The extinguisher is just to the lower left of that door pictured above.

So, all in all, I am as safe as a person can be in any house where a heater or furnace of some type or another is in use.

But at night I still unplug this one and use my furnace.

Just so you know.

TTYL,

LInda