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Lasko 5610 red caution light, no power

My Lasko space heater's red "caution" light is on, and the heater no longer heats. What exactly is the message it's sending me? Element shorted out, switch not functioning, insufficient voltage? ls there anyway to reset it?

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  • Anonymous Jan 20, 2008

    I have the same model, and my "Caution" light recently came on, and the heater stopped working. Does this mean it needs to be replaced, or is there something I can do to safely reset it? I am not very familiar with the inner workings of electronic devices, so testing functions on a circuit board is out of the question for me unless made very straight-forward and simple.

  • Anonymous Mar 06, 2008

    I also have the same problem with the red caution light.I too plan on trying the solution listed here! Thanks for the advise.

  • maxine1215 Apr 15, 2008

    i have the same problem c with the red light and its not working can you please tell me what to do

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The thermal resister between the two reset breakers on the bottom is what the problem with mine was

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In the bottom of th e 5610 there are 2 automatic reset breakers. In betwene the two there is wire connecting them together. In the middle of this wire is a thermal resister and thats what repaired mine. Replace it and your heater will heat again.

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The caution light is telling you something is wrong. most wired baseboard heaters have a hi limit cutout that may be bad.  it is connected into the heater circuit as a safety device.  you could jump out this element to test this theory.  if the element is shorted, certainly it would blow a fuse or circuit breaker.  if the element is open it won't heat at all.  you need to take it apart and use a test meter to troubleshoot it.

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