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智能插座

智能插座

Space heaters are great for warming up rooms in your house, but they can also be dangerous if used improperly, which might have you wondering: Can you plug space heaters into smart outlets? And even if you can, should you?

空间加热器非常适合用来加热房屋中的房间，但是如果使用不当也会造成危险，这可能使您感到疑惑：您可以将空间加热器插入智能插座吗？ 即使可以，对吗？

Space heaters draw a lot of power, and generally aren’t supposed to plug into surge protectors–they instruct you to plug them directly into the wall. And, according to the National Fire Protection Association, space heaters are the cause of a third of winter house fires. So it’s normal to question whether or not it’s safe to plug a space heater into a smart outlet–especially one that can turn on and off automatically, even when you’re not home. But don’t worry too much about it, as smart outlets offered by Belkin, ConnectSense, SmartThings, and more can safely handle pretty much any consumer-based space heater.

太空加热器消耗大量电能，通常不应该将其插入电涌保护器，而是指示您将其直接插入墙壁。 而且，据国家消防协会称，空间取暖器是冬季房屋火灾的三分之一。 因此，通常会质疑将空间加热器插入智能插座是否安全，尤其是即使您不在家时也可以自动打开和关闭的智能插座。 但是不必担心太多，因为Belkin ， ConnectSense ， SmartThings等提供的智能插座可以安全地处理几乎所有基于消费者的太空加热器。

智能插座可以处理负载 (Smart Outlets Can Handle the Load)

Most space heaters that you plug into a traditional outlet draw 1,500 watts of power, at most. The Belkin WeMo Switch, one of the more popular smart outlets, is rated at handling a max power draw of 1,800 watts, and anything more than that would likely trip the breaker anyway.

您插入传统插座的大多数空间加热器最多只能消耗1,500瓦功率。 Belkin WeMo Switch是最受欢迎的智能插座之一，其额定最大功耗为1,800瓦，无论如何，断路器可能会跳闸。

You might be asking, “Then why do the space heater’s safety instructions say to only plug it directly into an outlet?” This is mostly just to prevent people from plugging space heaters into extension cords or power strips that aren’t rated for the high power draw required by the space heater.

您可能会问：“那么，为什么空间加热器的安全说明仅将其直接插入插座？” 这主要是为了防止人们将空间加热器插入未达到空间加热器所需高功率要求的延长线或配电盘中。

However, as long as you use an extension cord or power strip built and rated to handle high power draw, you’ll be fine. For instance, you can buy heavy-duty extension cords made for appliances that draw a lot of power, but it’s not really recommended to plug a space heater into some rinky-dink extension cord that you found in the bottom of a junk drawer.

但是，只要使用为满足高功率消耗而构建并额定的延长线或电源板，就可以了。 例如，您可以购买专为消耗大量电能的电器而设计的重型延长线，但实际上不建议将空间加热器插入垃圾箱底部的一些粉红色的延长线中。

但是开始安全吗？ (But Is It Safe to Begin With?)

While smart outlets can handle the load that space heaters draw, is it really a good idea to have it controlled by something that can turn on and off automatically, even if you’re not home?

尽管智能插座可以处理空间加热器所承受的负载，但即使您不在家里，也可以通过可以自动打开和关闭的设备来控制它，这真的是一个好主意吗？

It’s certainly not something that safety organizations would recommend, but it’s not entirely dangerous either. Plus, most fires caused by space heaters weren’t started because the heater was left unattended–but because objects like clothing, paper, and other flammable things were left too close to the space heater and caught fire.

安全组织绝对不会建议这样做，但这也不是完全危险的。 另外，大多数由于空间加热器引起的火灾都没有发生，因为加热器没有人看管，而是因为衣服，纸张和其他易燃物品等物体离空间加热器太近而着火。

However, the one nice feature of some smart outlets, like the WeMo Insight Switch, is that you can get notified whenever it’s drawing power, so if you accidentally leave your space heater on (which I’ve done many times with normal outlets), a smart outlet could actually be safer than not having one. Plus, you can have your smart outlet only turn on within a certain timeframe, so that if you do forget to turn off your space heater, the smart outlet will turn itself off at the time you specify anyway.

但是，某些智能插座(例如WeMo Insight Switch)的一个不错的功能是，只要耗电，您就可以得到通知，因此，如果您不小心打开了太空加热器(我已经对普通插座做了很多次)，智能插座实际上比没有插座更安全。 另外，您可以仅在特定时间段内打开智能插座，这样，如果您忘记关闭空间加热器，则无论如何，智能插座都会自行关闭。

Still, even if you have your smart outlet programmed to turn on and off at specific times, it’s probably wise to make a habit of manually turning your space heater on and off, and use the smart outlets auto-on/off feature as a backup. It never hurts to be extra safe.

尽管如此，即使您已将智能插座编程为在特定时间打开和关闭，也应该养成手动打开和关闭空间加热器的习惯，并使用智能插座自动打开/关闭功能作为备份是很明智的。 。 绝对安全无虞。

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