Can A Space Heater Actually Start A Fire? 

“ I’ll be gone for two hours”...... “alright guys it’s been three days”

Tyler: "2 inches maybe 3 inches away" Everyone who watched the video: ...... "Maybe one inch"

Fire extinguisher: Not present Lighter fluid: A few feet away Wooden garage: fully exposed yep, its fire time

29:32 had me in stitches. Tyler: don’t know why I’m taking a temperature, it’s on fire.

The cinder blocks are stealing a lot of the heat. I wish you would had those cloth pieces hanging like from a bar or something to resemble a curtain hanging. Maybe just throw the blanket on the heaters

I've fought many fires as a fireman caused by space heaters. There are so many variables to it. Bad wiring, grease in a kitchen, work rags with grease or fuel on them, dry paper, dirty dusty heater elements, something spilled, etc.

I do believe that the cinder blocks were acting as a heat sync or whatever. It’s not allowing the towel and blanket to heat up bc it is absorbing the heat

Tyler: Let’s set stuff on fire Cinder blocks: Nah brah

I've gotta say, as a fireman, space heaters do cause fires. We just had one here locally from one that tipped over and the tip safety switch didn't shut it off! It was a cheap $20 one from Walmart

I love how the video just turns into Tyler desperately trying to start a fire.

Hi Tyler, I’ve been watching your videos for a long time now. I enjoy your content and appreciate the tests that you perform. With this test, I wanted to share my perspective. As you said, fires could happen but the conditions have to be right. I was a first responder and firefighter for 13 years. I’ve had several calls involving space heaters. One of the worst calls I was ever on involved 3 children trapped in a house. Upon arriving on scene, 2 homes were on fire and a vehicle as the fire had spread. We heard the children screaming and was able to get the oldest out of the house, his body was burned over 85%. The other 2 children became silent, we called out to them many times while inside of the burning home. We found them under their bed deceased...ages 3 and 13 months. The cause of the fire was a blanket falling off the bed onto the space heater. Parents left the oldest in charge and he went to sleep in the living room. The space heater was a 60’s-70’s era toastmaster brand. After investigation, it’s believed that the blanket fell onto one of the elements as the safety grating was more open on the older models. Maybe something you could test in the future? I just wanted to share that story so that people still take precautions when using these heaters, especially with older models.

nobody: Tyler: *temperature scans a burning object* Tyler: _500 degrees.._

Well here’s Tyler risking his whole neighborhood for a RU-vid video.

From dealing with space heaters myself, the reason why they say no extension wires is because the plug can get absurdly hot, and needs the open air to cool it. If anything happens to sit on top of that plug (maybe say a blanket by accident) it will 100% catch fire after so long; I accidentally did this and almost caused a fire, the plug melted and slightly scorched the blanket. I learned to respect these things real quick.

I started a fire with my space heater when I was younger. I got curious as to how hot it really was and touched a piece of paper to the coil. Burned my rug, set off the fire alarm, and stomped it out before any got to the room. Luckily the paper all burned up and I just said it fell over.

This channel is underrated. It's always fun to see you experiment. I've been subbed since you did the glue thing.

I am no expert but i would like to see you do these experiments again and remove the cement blocks and hang the cloths up like a curtain. You didn't allow any air flow between the heater and fabric because the cement is too close.

Tyler is teaching us how to successfully pull off insurance fraud. 😂

Well that does it I’m no longer wrapping my extensions cords in towels 😂

This video makes me feel stupid that I managed to get pants THAT I WAS WEARING to catch fire from a space heater 💀

I got soooooo stressed out when he kept putting his hands over the cord saying "it could catch on fire any minute" like back up my man 😂

I never use space heaters out here in my forest because I just can't risk a forest fire

Most flammables and flammable liquids have a combustibility temperature of 572°F to over 1,022°F. As your temperature gun displayed the max temperature you were reaching was just over 250°F which is another 277°F from combusting. Most residential heating units have automatic shutoff switches set to shut off once they reach an internal temperature of 300°F making it impossible(very hard) to catch anything on fire. The reason company's have such strong warning labels is due to: 1.) The fear of a safety feature failing and catching a home on fire. In our current sue happy community they would loose their ass! 2.) There are certain materials that have a VERY low combustibility temperature, allowing that 250°F to be plenty enough to combust a material. 3.) If you were to get a heating units too close to anything and fabric or dust were to land directly on the heating elements the internal safety switches couldn't catch the hazzard in time due to the material heating at a rate greater then the unit which would allow the material to reach its combustibility temperature before the internal safety reached it's safety shutoff temperature. If you want to see fire try this test again with commercial heating units commonly used by contractors and workers like space heaters...those things shoot 2ft flames out the port 😂. That's sure to catch something on fire.

i feel like he straight forgot paper existed in households.

Thanks Tyler! You've inspired me to dunk my old space heater in gasoline.

Do 5 “supposedly” water proof/resistant electronic items in water. In my opinion would be a great video! May not be in your opinion. But hey it’s an idea😀

Mans wearing. Beasty merch ✊ RESPECT

After watching one video, I ended watching 6 in my break. But now that I have subscribed I'm not missing none. Finally someone doing real testing

This guy has to have some expesive insurance premiums.

28:00 You can hear Tyler get upset because it ain't going the way he wants lmao

RIP the editor omg why is no one talking about how sad he looked 😂

Why would you use cinder blocks with cloth directly on it it's acting as a heat sink put a blanket over over the space heater or wrap it up in a towl it will catch on fire with in 20 mins

You should test how long it takes straighteners to set something on fire, the amount of times I’ve left my straighteners on the carpet for like 10 minutes and it’s melted🤦🏻‍♀️ might make for an interesting video! 😊❤️

Extension cord wires... Nobody: Tyler: there's some smoke, thats a good sign!!

"if it does get out of control, just put it out or something"

Idk why but I can take Tyler seriously he sounds so kind and hes like "Obviously knowing me i want DESTRUCTION AND FIRE

I’m worried about Tyler. He’s been trying to commit insurance fraud and posting his failures. The companies must be onto him by now Edit: thanks for the likes lol

when i was young, my neighbor's house burned down when his kid left a towel draped over a lamp. similar kind of thing that could be good to test

So glad your back missed u brotha!!! Your channel is so amazing and entertaining. Thanks m8

3:27 Tyler "that'll be fun" Side of heater reads "multifun"

The rubber coating melted off and the wires arked.

8:45 WOOOSH, THERE GOES TYLER'S BEARD. LMAO

Fun fact: you're not watching in full screen

Tyler: Here’s some random heater I took from my mom’s attic. Let’s see if I can start a fire!!!

Next video Tyler: “So I burned my house down” (not click bait) 😂

Yes it can. I just fought a space heater caused fire last week. Be careful with them

ironic I find this video the morning after the extension cord my heater was plugged in to caught fire.

I love that this test is being done in a wooden shed where you can see a fuel cannister in the bottom left hand side lmao

I didn't think the old heater was late 80s early 90s with that wood grain look to it .because that was a 70s to a mid 80s thing.

Tyler: As you can see this is non adjustable.... but it does have this adjustable knob

As a residential electrician, I can tell you for a fact that space heaters can most certainly start a fire. The real culprit is the amperage draw, most space heaters I've encountered are rated at 1500W. The modern plug circuit is 15A, sometimes 20A. So here's the math: 1500W / 120V = 12.5A. At 15A that's 80% of the circuit, and at 20A it's 60%. Add one more space heater to the same circuit and you are going to exceed the maximum draw. Now add other miscellaneous household appliances and you have a recipe for some serious heat. In most cases modern homes will protect you from exceeding the amperage draw. Arc fault breakers and GFCIs are both capable of preventing electrical fires. It's the older homes with improperly sized wire, old breakers, and old outlets that are the most susceptible to electrical fires.

you are the best man. 🍻 legit have the best videos that have real questions that need answering.

I love that your using “20s” music lol, it IS the 20s again!

What you need to do is put each one in an enclosed container, Like a metal box to see if the heater catches itself on fire. The other thing is: you have the fabric hugging the fire proof brick. No oxygen on the backside of the fabric= no fire....

A lot of times people do not realize 90% of the fires from these small heaters start due to the outlet becoming hot, especially houses that were built in the 70’s and use aluminum wiring. Usually the wiring in the wall or at junctions will become very hot after a period of time especially with loose wire connectors... the wiring may light on fire and you’ll have a unknown fire starting inside your wall somewhere while you’re sleeping.

Love how much Tyler’s confidence has improved

You should considering investing in a thermal camera if you’re going to do more of these type of videos. They are really affordable for ones that attach to a smartphone and give you a ton of data points and awesome pictures. Maybe try reaching out to seek and flir to see if they might be interested in giving you one.

Idk if it makes a difference or not. But I feel like having concrete behind the towels is going to help pull heat from the towels.

Don't lie, you're just trying to start a fire in general.

This video is Tyler trying to catch things of fire for 33 minutes

Tyler: keeps touching the cord he's trying to catch on fire. My anxiety: it's groovin'

Leave them on for 6 hours. Like when the fires normally start. 3 to 4 in the morning when everyone sleep.

I love this guy so much bro. Real content and no foolishness for views. He’s a wholesome type of funny too

I have personally watched my space heater catch fire randomly. I was supposed to go to the store but luckily I stayed home or I would have lost everything. It was a stand up rotating heater.

Tyler:"Alright. Today, we're gonna be breaking rules." Me: (Presses like button) I'm gonna enjoy this.

I had a space heater start shooting blue sparks out in the middle of the night and making a horrible noise. I woke up in a panic and unplugged it so fast.

Somebody call Rich Evans. We gotta teach this man to be cool about fire safety!

Good job bro! I really proud of you for getting that to start!

Finally my boy posted something

now this is something worth while doing a test on - good job on this one

You have some very entertaining videos , keep it going

My favorite youtuber hands down

Tyler puts the heating fan on the table....." oh that's in Spanish"...lol!

"We're going to be breaking rules today." And this is different from other videos....how?!

You should've put the cord in the final test just on top of the towel to simulate the cord just running along a carpet. And as others have said, the cinder blocks do a great job of holding heat. I think they're safer than people make it seem, but still very much more dangerous than this video alludes to.

When I was younger and living in New Hampshire it got really cold one night and my mom set up a heater in my room. Being my 4 year old self I proceeded to place my toy rubber lizards on the heating coils repeatedly. Eventually starting a fire, as you would expect.

My papaw and dad were in the garage working on my mom's racecar and one of them created a spark that set the space heater on fire and it melted the skin off my papaws left hand. Skin was hanging off his hand, my mom was screaming it was chaos. He made a full recovery from that incident. Sure do miss my papaw.

Very typical reaction here. Electrical fire starts and the first thing people always do is grab their infrared thermometer and point it at the fire out of curiosity how hot it is.

DankPods has been de-throned. THIS channel, is the pinnacle of safety.

When my mom was a kid, they had a big dog who loved the little space heaters. Allegedly that dog just sat so close to the space heater it made the thing stop working. That dog blew out like 4 space heaters.

Can't even get the wires hot in the UK, every plug is protected by a fuse.

he is back, and he didnt age one day, unlike the shit he put in jars before he went on vacation.

6:27 there was a flame 🔥

I would really like to have seen this done in more of an office setting. Things like printer paper, or even dust bunnies. I feel like I see space heaters used way more in that type of setting, rather than next to cloth. And paper and dust are far more flammable.

Yes they can start a fire it happened to my cousin when he put mine to close to cardboard and started a fire in the garage

You should do the same video but with different materials, I’m curious what a paper towel will do, especially with the old heater

29:14 that isn’t smoke, it’s steam, steam from the steamed clams we’re having!

First thing that caught my eye.......... MR.BEAST!!!!!

You were never gonna get that to work...the cinder blocks worked as a heatsink soaking up all that heat....

Anyone else noticed a bunch of canisters filled with flammable liquids on the floor? Not the best area to conduct heat stress tests.

The only reason I'm even going to mention the concrete issue is hopefully you'll do more space heater fire videos in different scenarios. You could also try using light bulbs or a toaster.

Tyler's vids are awesome who agrees

I love how he's wearing a Mr Beast shirt

Damn dude.. where you been .. u cant leave us hangin that long ..unless ur on vacation or got arrested.. ..lol. love ur videos.

In general, cord connectors are the most vulnerable part of an electrical cord for overheating. If the cord looks like a general electronics cord, it may be hazardous. Cheap plugs often have two thin plates folded together rather than thinker solid prongs. Thicker prongs make a tighter, more solid connection. You should monitor how warm a plug gets during operation. If it gets beyond a tad warm, but take the thing back and get a better heater. If it is an older heater, you can buy a heavy duty plug to replace the existing plug which should make it a lot more safer. To tell you the truth, it should be mandatory to put thermal fuses in heater plugs. Newer heaters have thermal fuses inside the heater itself, but the plug is another vulnerable point of overheating that should have a thermal fuse. They are designed to pass normal operating current while remaining cool but are placed on or close to an object that needs to be monitored for overheating. When an overheating situation occurs, the metal will melt at or near the intended maximum temperature cutting off power to the device. They place thermal fuses in a good deal of household devices now but not in the plug itself where one needs to be, and this needs to change.

People normally try to prevent Fires and he is trying to start one. Lol. I love this. It defeats the purpose of fire safety but.... I get a kick out of this. Great vids dude. Keep up the good work.

You’re back, finally!

Dang, haven't even gotten a notification yet lol

When I was younger we had a larger space heater and it was plugged into an extension cord that was placed over our wooden bar and the cord caught the wood on fire in the middle of the night. (my dog alerted us and we were able to stop it before it got too serious) just wanted to put that out there Bc it is very possible for them to start fires, maybe not the ones he is using Bc they are a smaller size but yea it happens lol

the quality of the extension is very important. One of proper quality can take a lot of stress and is *almost* as safe as the wiring inside the walls of the house. A really cheap one can catch fire much faster. cable rollers are most dangerous, as most people use them without fully rolling the cable off of them, which makes them heat faster.