Oil heater

[Jacobssi]

So yesterday my oil heater which is portable appliance rated at 2500 W was on for a few minutes,started to smell and than went BANG!! Blowing both the 13amp plug top fuse and the ring 30amp fuse.
I want to have a look inside the heater to see if I can see the problem. Could a large amount of dust cause this? I'm not convinced but it's the only visible thing I can see before I get inside the appliance.
Could it be a fault to earth?

 

[ColJack]

my guess would be a cracked heating element.. time for a new heater..
why you need a heater now anyway, it's warm enough without them surely..

 

[Jacobssi]

Try telling my wife that thanks

 

[Steve]

Women! I work in a place mostly women. We have electric heaters with built in thermostats. I always find the stats on full and the offices all red hot!

 

[sparkwright]

Women! I work in a place mostly women. We have electric heaters with built in thermostats. I always find the stats on full and the offices all red hot!

That's sexist.

Have you not read the thread on racism?

 

[ColJack]

Women! I work in a place mostly women. We have electric heaters with built in thermostats. I always find the stats on full and the offices all red hot!

That's sexist.

Have you not read the thread on racism?

oh shut up..
racism does not, and cannot exist between people as we are ALL members of the same race, the Human race..

 

[donglebang]

may i ask why bother its gone bang its a heater it will be more cost efficient to buy anothe r

 

[GaryMo]

Have you not read the thread on racism?

That's twice in the last half hour I've seen that question.

Have I missed something? What thread?

EDIT - found it. Load of old twaddle.