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Default can't figure correct resistance for teflon coated copper wire

On 11/13/20 9:05 PM, Fox's Mercantile wrote:
On 11/13/20 2:41 PM, Runner wrote:
On 11/13/20 3:07 PM, Fox's Mercantile wrote:
On 11/13/20 12:57 PM, legg wrote:
I don't recommend electric blankets. For a multitude
of reasons.

I just bought a new one.
I turn it one 20-30 minutes before I go to bed.
I turn it off when I go to bed.
But when I go to bed, the bed is nice and warm.
Beats the **** out of laying there swearing for 15-20
minutes waiting for the bed to finally get warm.



If a Sunbeam, good luck keeping it working.Â* I went through three in
five years before finally going the DIY route.Â* I'm not sure what's
happened to them.Â* I couldn't even get any of the ones I bought to
last out the season.Â* I think it has something to do with the current
circuit they use and the blanket wiring.Â* Growing up, my parents and I
had their blankets and they lasted 15 years before I unfortunately
tossed them a decade ago.


My previous one was a Sunbeam, it went tits up after three years.
The new one is a Biddeford. Unlike the Subeam, it's soft and fuzzy.


I didn't have much luck with Biddeford either. I tried one of their
heated mattress pads. It didn't last a season. Hopefully, you'll have
better luck with their blankets.