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Brigham · 7th Feb 2019, 10:21 am

You can never turn an electric portable heater entirely OFF just with the switches.
It's part of the regulations. Something must be ON when it is plugged-in.
(It was originally one of the elements, but I suppose when hot/cold fan heaters appeared, the fan was considered to serve the purpose. Seems the lamp alone wasn't enough, for obvious reasons).

7th Feb 2019, 10:21 am	#5
Brigham Octode Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Co. Durham, UK. Posts: 1,117	Re: Another HMV Cavendish question You can never turn an electric portable heater entirely OFF just with the switches. It's part of the regulations. Something must be ON when it is plugged-in. (It was originally one of the elements, but I suppose when hot/cold fan heaters appeared, the fan was considered to serve the purpose. Seems the lamp alone wasn't enough, for obvious reasons).