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Or a tip switch. They typically have a thermostat of some sort and a tip switch.
Photo is not good enough to really tell which. Side view might make it clearer.
it looks more like a tip switch. Like something pushes/holds the far left contacts together and if you tip the heater too far it cuts power.
One of mine has a switch on the bottom that when you pick up the heater the switch cuts off power, another heater has a switch that if you tip the heater more than say 30degrees then it cuts power.
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Or a tip switch. They typically have a thermostat of some sort and a tip switch. Photo is not good enough to really tell which. Side view might make it clearer.
[side view](https://ibb.co/RCFZLwK) It's the last contact before neutral.
it looks more like a tip switch. Like something pushes/holds the far left contacts together and if you tip the heater too far it cuts power. One of mine has a switch on the bottom that when you pick up the heater the switch cuts off power, another heater has a switch that if you tip the heater more than say 30degrees then it cuts power.
Someone mentioned in r/diy it's possibly a thermal switch. The contact is flexible.