On 12/3/20 8:40 PM, JNT wrote:
No, not burning up so please don't panic!Â* Sorry if this is OT, but this
is one of my most active groups and I see a lot of sort of OT at times.
I just figured someone might know what I'm about to mention.

I made an electric jacket from some spare Teflon coated wire.Â* I was
going to do this 20 years ago, but was too busy working.Â* Now that I'm
not, I threw it all together a month ago.

Basically, the coats I used are what I had on hand.Â* I say coats,
because there are two: the first coat has the Teflon wire sewed
throughout and the second coat is worn over top of the first to help
keep the heat from escaping.Â* The type of coats are simple, cheap
fleece/ poly I picked up at Walmart last season.

However, I'm running into a problem that is sort of driving me up the
wall: I feel like I'm wet or sweaty all the time!Â* I keep checking to be
sure and there is very little, if any sweating, but it sure feels like
I'm "wet" but yet fairly warm.Â* I wonder if I should have used something
as a base coat OTHER than fleece like, for example, a thin coaches
jacket which is mostly a solid poly outer with thin cotton lining.

Any thoughts would be welcome.Â* I just figured someone out there might
have done the same thing, or maybe wears a commercial electric coat for
personal or even motorcycle use.

Thank you in advance.

A couple questions that might help. Where are the heating wires?
Do you have a good, old fashioned, heating pad around? Is it a similar
effect?