Anthony, there are electric mattress pads as well. earlier, Jesus Is the Answer, wrote:
>I see a real need for a better heated blanket. Mine doesn't heat >very much, so I got out the instruction book and it admits that as a >fact. Then I started surfing the net and found that that seems to be >the number one complaint of others as well. Evidentally the >manufactures are afraid of fire, so they don't design them to heat >up very much because of that fear. My dad said that years ago it was >common for them to catch fire and some deaths were even attributed to them. > >He said also that as an alternative, they used to have electric >blankets that employed small tubes sewn into the blanket. These >tubes had some kind of liquid in them that was heated electrically, >then circulated thru the tubes, via a pump. To me this would be an >answer to the problem. You could have it really warm, without the >risk of an electrical short. > >In the past, some inventions came too early. Examples are the >telephone answering machine, the microwave oven, and Windows for >computers. After their invention, there was no market for them until >years lager. Maybe this is also true for the tube blanket. > >---Anthony > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: >12/18/2007 9:40 PM John ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: 12/18/2007 9:40 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
