it would seem so, could be a defective one or you may have made it so leaving the key on - take it to a parts store [or back where you got it] and have it tested

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics