Space... Heaters!
Jan. 9th, 2013 10:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribI don't usually blog about work (trouble be that way) but in my "other duties as assigned" I had to address the perennial issue of space heaters. Incorporated herewith is my email to the staff on the subject.
To: All Bank Employees
Subj: Space Heaters
Ask any fire marshal, and they will tell you they don't like space heaters. They've seen too many fires started by these devices. Having said that, the bank does in fact allow the use of space heaters, although we encourage you to not use them.
If you are going to use a space heater at work, a few thoughts:
1) Get the smallest heater you can. I recommend getting a small ceramic heater. These are the least likely to overheat. Don't bring in some old metal clunker you bought at a garage sale for a buck. We're a bank, not "Antiques Roadshow."
2) Check out the heater periodically. If the wires are frayed or the unit is otherwise damaged, get a new unit. Burning down the building because you wanted to save twenty bucks isn't a good idea.
3) Be careful where your unit is pointing. Electronics, like computers, don't like heat, and we've already cooked a computer hard drive into failure by having a space heater blow on it.
4) Turn off the heater when you are not using it, including when you go to lunch or a meeting.
In short, please use common sense and be safe.
To: All Bank Employees
Subj: Space Heaters
Ask any fire marshal, and they will tell you they don't like space heaters. They've seen too many fires started by these devices. Having said that, the bank does in fact allow the use of space heaters, although we encourage you to not use them.
If you are going to use a space heater at work, a few thoughts:
1) Get the smallest heater you can. I recommend getting a small ceramic heater. These are the least likely to overheat. Don't bring in some old metal clunker you bought at a garage sale for a buck. We're a bank, not "Antiques Roadshow."
2) Check out the heater periodically. If the wires are frayed or the unit is otherwise damaged, get a new unit. Burning down the building because you wanted to save twenty bucks isn't a good idea.
3) Be careful where your unit is pointing. Electronics, like computers, don't like heat, and we've already cooked a computer hard drive into failure by having a space heater blow on it.
4) Turn off the heater when you are not using it, including when you go to lunch or a meeting.
In short, please use common sense and be safe.
