I have a new heater installed in my dorm. However, it smells funny.... I thought maybe something died in it!
They checked it out today and said its nothing dead - its the heating coils burning off .. whatever film or crap is on them. Ok.
How long should this process last? I'm glad I'm not smelling dead animal, but it still stinks.
BTW - The heater has been running consistently for 2 weeks, at 80-90 degrees.
2007-02-02 08:59:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Ok, so that gas leak idea is SCARY. This is a college I'm talking about, so of course our maintenance can be kinda shady. I would not be surprised if there's not a CO detector in our whole building.
The maintenance guy said to let him know by Mon. if the smell hasnt gone away...
2007-02-02 11:58:02 · update #1
Oh - I would NEVER have a heater up to 90 degrees normally, but its also not attached properly lol so there is a def. draft if its not up high. I turn the whole unit off when I leave for more than a few hours (overnight or at work).
2007-02-02 11:59:58 · update #2
If the heater is brand new you may get some smell from paint or oil in there from manufacturing. I had a similar issue when I had a gas fireplace insert installed. It stunk for a while until everything burned off. It only took a few days though. Two weeks sounds suspicious.
2007-02-02 09:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by Bman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First and most important, do you have a CO2 detector, secondly, it does not take two weeks to 'burn off' the residual material, third, are you purposely running the heater at 90; besides the wasted energy this is not going to help. Stop, drop and roll; do not allow this to continue, demand service from whoever is responsible. Edit; This is an unhealthy situation, have you called your parents, isn't there a spokesperson for students?
2007-02-02 19:32:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feel the cord and see if it's warm, if so them might be heating up is the cord and it may be melting because of it being consistently on. Those heater draw a lot of electricity and produce a lot of heat,, which can cause a fire. Make sure you turn it off when no one is in the room for long periods of time.
2007-02-10 03:29:29 · answer #3 · answered by 1TON 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume the heater you refer to is a gas heater. you may have a gas leak. Propane gas smells very much like a decaying rodent. If the smell is not gone soon i would definetely have it checked again to make sure there is no gas leak. Small gas leaks can be difficult to find but a good gas tech will not leave it unless he is absolutely sure there is no leak to be found.
2007-02-02 17:56:14 · answer #4 · answered by ED D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clean the filter/replace it---80-90 degrees? wear a sweater--you may be burning up the system electrical wiring--it isn't made for that high temps
2007-02-02 17:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by quixdraw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything should burn off of the coils the first time it is fired up. You have something else wrong.
2007-02-02 17:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by serviceteam_perry 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your heater is fine
2007-02-08 10:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by caveman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋