Today, I thought I’d put away my space heater.
I live in a basement suite and during the summer, it’s a comfortable cool temperature, but during the winter it can be dreadfully chilly even with the furnace going full out (remember… heat rises and most of the heat will blast into the upstairs suite).
So I have a space heater that I bought a couple years ago.
Except, when I went to unplug it and noticed melted plastic from the plug stuck around the outlet.
“Not good” you say?
I did the only logical thing I could think of.
I plugged it right back into that outlet and let it run!
Actually, I cut the cord and set it by the door so I could drop it in the trash in the morning. I checked the plug to make sure it wasn’t a fire hazard. I’ll avoid using it and replace it later.
Check your plugs people. It would be a bad deal to burn down your house because of this.