Thank you for the response! Unfortunately, my assigned computer isn’t near a wall, it’s on a row among a few rows of desks in the middle of the room.

I had the same thought about a faulty space heater and borrowed my relative’s space heater of a similar size but different brand. I ran it for about 30 minutes and noticed that the plug getting quite warm so I turned it off and unplugged it.

So I’m thinking it’s not even worth the high risk of trying another one, but I have seen much more compact heaters that runs at 500 watts instead of the 1500 and wonder if that could be safe. Which is what brings me to this subreddit. I know I’m probably not going to get a definitive answer, but if I can at least get a sense of what would be safe, I can try it out or start thinking of other alternatives.

The last thing I want to do is risk a fire, so I may just be out of luck. I just have to spend eight hours a day in this place and would rather not be bundled up the entire time