Safety: Space Heater Safety Tips

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Safety: Space Heater Safety Tips

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Space heater safety tips
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/kovach90.html

By Tom Kovach

If you are going to try to take the chill out of your home without turning on your main sources of heat, or if you want to add a little heat to the home when it is colder than usual, never use your range to supplement heat in the home. Gas ranges burn natural gas and these can give off carbon monoxide. While electric ranges are not a source of carbon monoxide, this would be an expensive source of heat and the surfaces can cause burns.

If you need extra heat in your home, space heaters are designed for just that purpose. Here are some tips on the safe selection and use of space heaters: --- Continued at link, above ---
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Printable Tip sheet here, by the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)

Portable Heater Safety
https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/Public-Education/Resources/Safety-tip-sheets/PortableHeaterSafety.ashx

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