On Jul 29, 11:55*pm, Clive George wrote:
On 29/07/2010 21:10, js.b1 wrote:
Electric blankets (electrocution or death-by-left-on more a concern)

death-by-left-on?

I should qualify that.
Many modern electric blankets are designed to be left on all night
(heated wrap for use in a chair, heated duvet, heated overblanket).
Many old electric blankets must not be left on all night due to heat
output.


I forgot to turn off one of those old ones, 20yrs ago, and did wake up
about an hour later bucket-soaked and feeling extremely ill. Had to
strip the bed, wash the duvet & actually dry the mattress, ended up
working through the night drinking water. With an elderly person the
heat stress can cause cardiac failure, long time since I heard of such
a death though.