Literally.
I forgot to turn of the cheap water heater and the water dried up, burned the bottom of the heater as well as the plastic base that supports the stainless steel body. I guess it took about at least 30 minutes for the whole thing to burn up, fill my small house with smoke, and alert my neighbor, Ryan, who went inside and unplugged the water heater.
You’re probably thinking, where was I? I was out parading the streets of our subdivision along with my daughter and her friends in the “sagala.” There were about 50 dressed up little girls and teenage girls strutting their stuff on the street to the amusement of their family, friends, and other residents.
This highly dangerous incident is a stark reminder that I shouldn’t be such a cheapo. When I moved, I was really on a tight budget that I chose the cheapest water heater I could find. The one I bought is a water heater made from China. When I bought it, safety didn’t cross my mind. All I was thinking is I need something to heat water with and it doesn’t have to be a brand name item. Now, I will probably be using the rice cooker to heat water.
So a word of advice: don’t buy cheap water heaters from China. You might save a couple of hundred of pesos when you buy it but it may cost you hundreds of thousands in house building.
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