<p>A portable standalone electric fan heater which includes a grill occupying a major portion of one of the faces of the heater. A heating unit is provided within a housing. A controller is provided for controlling the heating unit. The controller operably provides a primary indicator of the operational status of the heater. The heater additionally includes a secondary indicator provided on an external face of the housing having an output responsive to the controller for providing a visual perceptible output representative of the operational status of the heater. The secondary indicator defines a border about at least a portion of the perimeter of the grill for facilitating generating an optical-geometrical footprint which is at least as large as the geometrical footprint of the grill.</p>
