Woke up this morning and realized that the heating doesn't work. After emerging from a shower amidst a 40-degree bone-chill, I call the landlord to complain. They can't get anyone out here to fix it until tomorrow. So now I sit, huddled up in my room with a space heater I bummed from someone at work.
The space heater has two operation modes - 750W and 1500W. I had it on 1500W earlier and it blew a circuit when I tried to print something for school....I guess it doesn't help that the PC, printer, and monitor are all drawing power on the same circuit. I went to the fuse box and flipped the breaker and everything went back to normal. I've switched the heater down to 750W, but it barely manages to keep the room warm (damn this drafty old house). If I jack it up to 1500W again, will it most likely blow the circuit again? If it blows again, is there a danger that it will screw something up?
Also, is it safe for me to leave this thing on while I sleep? Is it better to risk pneumonia than risk burning the house down?
