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Do electric heaters produce carbon monoxide?

I moved across the country and I’m living in a house with an electric heater instead of a gas one for the first time. Do electric heaters produce carbon monoxide?

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Melanie Mergen · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Good question, and good news here! No, electric heaters don’t produce carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide is extremely dangerous because it’s a deadly gas that has no noticeable odor, which is where it gets is name for being a “silent killer.”
Only a heater that burns fuel would carry the risks of carbon monoxide buildup. Because an electric heater doesn’t burn fuel to create heat, it doesn’t create
carbon monoxide
.
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