On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:15:15 -0000, "Dave Gibson" wrote:

To be absolutly straight, yes, they have caused fires, and people have died
using them, but in all cases blankets have been blatently faulty and 99%
were over 10 years old. I believe about 20 people a year in the UK die using
them.

Which is more people than die each year that will be saved by the new
electrical safety regs to be introduced shortly. And guess what? Those
safety regs do not cover electric blankets or any other type of
utility device plugged into the mains.

PoP

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