How long can I leave the unit on for? My Delonghi works great but I get a little concerned when it's on for more than 12 hours.
1699209
I hope I don't steer you wrong here, I leave mine on 24/7 at full blast. My cat is old & she needs constant heat. You might want to be carefull not to let the room it is in get too hot. My last one was the same model as this, when I shut the door to the small room I keep it in for more than four hours, it burned out. Good Luck Joe.
1699210
I've owned one for years and in the winter months, keep in on 24/7 in the room with the thermostat as an accompaniment to my house's hot water radiant heat. If I didn't have this on, the oil bills would be outrageous, this unit is a bargain as it only add's about $100 a month in electricity...worth it to me. No problems with it running all the time. I need to buy a new one as it died after four cold winters.
1699211
I've left mine on for over 24 hours but I do check the plug to be sure it's not heating up. Not that often, just every 12 hours or so. Have been using mine a lot, no problems at all.
1699212
I am aware of no limit. We have gone round the clock for multiple days. It does not overheat as far as we can tell. The electric bill may be the only practical limit!
1699213
It's on all the time. The temperature is lowered when we are gone for the day. It takes only a short while to reheat the room. I've used these heaters in rooms with wall to wall carpet, and I was concerned about the possiblity of the heater burning it, but we never had a problem. Depending upon the size of the room, he heater reheats the room quickly.
1699214
I only just started using it last week, but over the weekend I left it on all weekend. It did not overheat. When I leave for work, I do turn it off.
1699215
I have 4 units-one has been in use in a4x16foot heated dog house since fall///keep in mind the longer use will effect your heating bill/ but seems not to affect the unit
1699216
It's a personal preference as far as I know. I have mine in an enclosed sun room. It's insulated, has great storm windows, but it's still chilly since it was an add-on to my house. I leave my DeLonghi on 24/7. I've only shut it off one day since November. It keeps that room extremey toasty - love it. We used to close it off but not anymore.
1699217
I leave my heater on for very long periods of time, all through the night, or if Im not burning wood during the day. Just make sure where you have it plugged into the wall doesnt feel hot, I recently updated many of the wall plugs in my home.
2267790
Yes, it's perfectly ok to let it run 24 hours a day. I've had mine for about a year, and it's always on.
1086959
I don't seem to have this problem. I've not timed it, but I'm pretty sure mine stays on for well over a minute. Perhaps playing with the settings?
535804
Yes, it will stay on all through a weekend. If you're not using it, I'd recommend unplugging the unit, since it will continue to consume power. There's also a "sleep timer" that allows you to have the unit suspend heating for 6 hours. We set that on at night. By breakfast the water is back to the right temperature.
1778653
Yes, it is safe to leave this unit on all day, as far as I know. I have left mine on for a couple of days, and only turned it off to see if it actually collected more than a few drops of water. I find this unit ineffective. Perhaps I have a lemon, and while it does not overheat, it also does not remove much humidity.
1089270
you can set it to turn off after 1 hour, 2 hours or 3 hours. or you can set it to just keep going until all the liquid in the diffuser is gone.
1424225
In the directions it says to turn it on for about 10 minutes, then leave it sit for about two hours undisturbed. That's it! I always use the timer, so I don't have to worry about turning it on and off. Some say they hate the ozone smell, but since I clean it so soon after I get up, I really am not bothered by it. I'll assure you that this will be money well spent!
777094
I could be an overheating issue.....when left in the on position for awhile it generates so much heat it turns itself off. I now have one that wont stay on more than 4 seconds on high and around 30 seconds on low..then the overheating sensor shuts if off. It seems once this happens it will always shut off instantly going forward.
1627126
I keep this plugged all the time. I turn it on when I place a cup and leave it for several hours. Usually I have it on for 3-4 hours, but there are many times that I left it on more than 5 hours, and it seems to be fine. I even left it on over night by accident, but it was fine, ...although I don't recommend it.
946678
I run mine 24/7. I just turn it off to clean it, then turn it back on again.
2211650
No, I normally only turned the unit on while at work, approximately 8 hours. I did leave it on for about 12 hours once. I only had the unit around a week before it malfunctioned.
994672
We've left ours on for a month with no problems. It is thermostatically controlled so it seems easier to keep it on all the time than start from scratch every time we want to use it (the wax does harden when the unit is off).
564677
Absolutely! But like the others said, don't leave it on too high while out and about. I often leave it on for 24-48hrs on low if I am making bone broth or really deep flavoured sauces. Never had an issue at all!
342455
It shuts off after 10 or 12 hours........way too long for me. I usually turn it on 1 hour before I go to bed, turning it off when I get into bed. Bed stays nice and toasty until I fall asleep. (Course I also have 3 little dogs under the covers with me. :)
1141424
I usually have mine on for 15 - 20 minutes at a time. I use it about 3 times a week. I have used the current one for at least 2 months.
2062400
i have no problem. A little bit make a noisy. YES, about 20 minutes overheats, i do like this. main switch turns off and then onand use.
1643636
Just saw this, and I think you already got your answer. I agree with the first response--Yes, nice & hot if the unit is left on. Enjoy.