Anyone get an almost plastic like smell when they first turn on this heater?
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Any new electrical product of this nature may have a smell of this kind do to new product residue on heating elements, like a toaster,clothes dryer,hairdryer etc. Typically after 4 or 5 usage hrs. this smell should end...On your item , sometimes packaging debris, assembly debris may have entered into the elements and may need to be removed or in time will dry up....Elements are hot and may burn some ignitable materials. Hope this helps.
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We have not noticed any smell from this heater, perhaps some dust (my fault) every now and then.
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No, I did not. I will say the heater lasted through 3 years of very hard use and finally died. The rotating mechanism went.
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A slight smell when you first light the heater is normal. After that you should not smell propane. Check your connections again. The most likely place for a leak is at the tank and the tank should be outside not inside.(if using the large bulk tank). If your tank is inside that's not really safe. If using the remote tank check the end of the hose fitting that goes inside the tank valve. The should be an O Ring on the end of it. The O Ring will go bad and dry rot over time. You can get a replacement at Home Depot, Lowes, hardware store etc. Take the hose with you to get the right size. If this does not fix your problem I would return the heater for a replacement. If you can't return it call Mr. Heater at the number on this trouble shooting link. http://www.mrheater.com/troubleshooting.aspx?id=25 Let me know how it goes. Dan
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Nope. The smell was probably from the electronic components on the inside. Mine finally burned out & I replaced the power supply diodes. (I have an electronic background) For a less than industrial grade cleaner this little fellow has given me my money worth. Over a thousand cycles. However it is not sturdy enough to handle extended high time settings. The liquid should get hot, but I think this is the problem for the circuit board; Insufficient cooling on the inside to vent the heat away from the circuit board. I installed a micro pancake cooling fan & have had no further problems on any setting. If you have a friend that is electronic savy this is a simple & cheap modification. Hope this helps Nope. The smell was probably from the electronic components on the inside. Mine finally burned out & I replaced the power supply diodes. (I have an electronic background) For a less than industrial grade cleaner this little fellow has given me my money worth. Over a thousand cycles. However it is not sturdy enough to handle extended high time settings. The liquid should get hot, but I think this is the problem for the circuit board; Insufficient cooling on the inside to vent the heat away from the circuit board. I installed a micro pancake cooling fan & have had no further problems on any... » Read More Nope. The smell was probably from the electronic components on the inside. Mine finally burned out & I replaced the power supply diodes. (I have an electronic background) For a less than industrial grade cleaner this little fellow has given me my money worth. Over a thousand cycles. However it is not sturdy enough to handle extended high time settings. The liquid should get hot, but I think this is the problem for the circuit board; Insufficient cooling on the inside to vent the heat away from the circuit board. I installed a micro pancake cooling fan & have had no further problems on any setting. If you have a friend that is electronic savy this is a simple & cheap modification. Hope this helps « Show Less
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Hello when I first plugged my heater in the first time it had a weird smell but goes away with-in a week .
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I think you are using a cheap heating pad, and perhaps an old one. THe cheap ones may still have stiff plastic that smells bad, but a new, reasonably but not cheaply priced pad should not smell bad.
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We had the same smell when ours started running, and it went away in a day or so. It's fairly common for air purifiers to give off the plastic smell for a couple of days.
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Mine is fairly new. When first used, I could small a plastic smell, and even after a few months still smell that; but it is not a burning odor. If you smell something burning, I suggest that you don't use it and return it for a replacement.
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I noticed a faint smell when I first set mine a fairly high setting. It went away. I'm not expert but there might be some dust or something. When I first turn on a baseboard heater after months of not using one there can be a temporary faint smell.
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There is a slight "something cooking" odor, more so when the unit is new. Mine is over one year old and I don't notice the odor any longer.
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I know what you are talking about -- I get a smell from mine. It is almost like a burnt plastic smell. It notice it when I clean up after making the coffee. It seems to be coming from the area where the filter and water is stored. It still makes a great cup of coffee so I tend to ignore the odor. I'm hoping it lessens overtime.
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I think that's actually the smell of wool. We've had ours for a few months and it still has this faint wool smell.
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Yes, it does. It's a nice heater, if you get past the plastic odor it puts out. I don't notice it much anymore, but it still bothers my wife.
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I bought this heater last year, it does not give off a oil smell continually like some of the other oil heaters. When you first use it there is a slight odor but it soon goes away the longer the heater is used. It is a great little heater.
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I found that after a year of use there is a metallic smell after I turn the unit off. Is that braining my harm?
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The first time I turned it on there was a smell. But in a few hours the smell went away. But it doesn't heat worth a darn.
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If the heater is new there is a possibility the components ( heating elements, cabinet finishes, electronics,etc) are temporarily giving off an odor which should burn off after a few hours of use.
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I noticed an interesting odor when I first started operating the humidifier however that subsided within a day or so. Almost smelled like new plastic if that makes sense. Hope this helps!