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Originally Posted by Brigham
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).
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Does this rule still apply, and does it only apply to household heaters?
I have a modern (2016) light industrial 3kw portable electric fan heater which can be turned off completely by an on board switch. It is CE marked and from a well known UK supplier.
I also have a Cavendish, which is wired as above with the fan and light remaining on.