On 22/11/2017 17:43, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:23:31 -0000, harry
wrote:

On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 16:59:44 UTC, Capitol* wrote:
Tried to buy a new single electric blanket for granddaughter. Total
failure. It seems that all the current products have a life of 2 years
and have been afflicted with auto shut off after 10 hours and are low
temperature only. The customer ratings are 2* out of 5 and the customer
service seems to be non existent. I bought a couple of US superking
electric blankets a few years back and these were total crap in terms of
heat output and have been scrapped. I went back to the old monagram
blanket and added a panel in the middle to make it fit the bed. Maybe
Dyson can build a product that works. I won't hold my breath!

They killed lots of people.
That's why you can't get one.

There's no reason they can't be made safely.* Temperature limiter to
stop fires, and low voltage to stop shocks.

You don't want to rely on a device to shut it off (at least at the price
point most people would pay), but you don't need to. Ours simply uses
self-regulating heating cable that increases its resistance and lowers
its heat output as it gets warmer. Nothing to go wrong and self-limiting.

I can't remember if it is low voltage as well though.

SteveW