• Korval@lemmy.today
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      9 days ago

      Maybe the fact that the heat sink is shiny and clean while the rest is grimy and gross? I think you would normally expect there to be lots of dust on the fins, deposited by years of convection. On the other hand, since the cover is off, it’s probably reasonable to think they’ve just replaced the part? Idk, I’m guessing (about all of it).

        • Korval@lemmy.today
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          8 days ago

          I’d assumed it was open BECAUSE it wasn’t producing heat; that is, because it was broken. And isn’t the cover lying on the carpet in front of the heater?

          But maybe I’m completely misunderstanding. Can you tell us what you photographed and what we should be noticing?

    • TryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyz
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      9 days ago

      Probably the crazy number of accordion folds in there. It has to be to increase surface area, but some people might be unaware of how that looks on the inside?

    • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      They probably just haven’t seen those floor heaters before and thought it was kind of interesting.

      Depending on where you are you might not see them but in bigger older cities they are a lot of places.