Q, if you get a hold of the old style electric blankets (eBay perhaps), they will fully work with an X-10 unit (on/off). Although, they probably aren't as safe as the new digitally controlled blankets.
Mike~ -----Original Message----- From: Quadius [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 3:04 PM To: bob quinn Cc: Daniel Espinoza; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] USB heating blanket I purchased a Sunbeam electric blanket quite sometime ago and used it with an X10 appliance module to turn it off. Unfortunately I wasn't able to turn it back on, because you need to physically hit the switch. I also used it on a low setting of 2. The only problem I had with it was I tended to get a little too warm during the middle of the night and had to shut it off. Then I ended up suffering from being too warm the entire night. I really hate to call for help unless it's absolutely necessary. If you're going to use an electric blanket, I would suggest you make sure that you have someone on hand during the first tryout. Keep in mind, my experience is probably quite a bit different than the average person on this list. I live in Florida and therefore the temperature doesn't get nearly as cold as it does for everyone else. Good luck, Q On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:47 PM, bob quinn <[email protected]> wrote: Another thought: With an AC-powered blanket you could use an X-10 controller connected to your computer (CM11-A or Firecracker) to power on/off. At 07:31 AM 12/8/2009, Daniel Espinoza wrote: How does just wanting to get some feedback from you guys, at Craig Hospital they warned me to not use a heating blanket where I couldn't feel for obvious reasons. I was wondering what your thoughts are on using this heating blanket I found to be used while on my computer http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/code/361025.do?cm_mmc=Amazon-_-Ex ecutiveGifts-_-2009-_-361025%20BRN <http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/code/361025.do?cm_mmc=Amazon-_-E xecutiveGifts-_-2009-_-361025%20BRN&code-macs=MP9W028&code=MP9W028> &code-macs=MP9W028&code=MP9W028 . I will not be using it to heat my lap as one of the primary ways it says to use it, but for the second way to use it, over my shoulders and on the back of my neck. It's getting cold lately and was just wondering what your thoughts were on it. It's heated via USB from your computer, meaning you would have to be close to the computer which I am at night. The reason I am really thinking about this is mainly to stop the pain I get from the hardware in my neck when it gets cold. The things I like about it mainly is the fact that it heats up via a USB with a low setting and a high setting, meaning it isn't plugged into the wall but into a USB port which I can enable or disable from a software on my computer so I don't have to wake someone up or even have them adjust it as I can just disable the port, or ports. The second and the main reason I like it is because it's not plugged into the wall, even though I am sure there is a fuse on it if the USB hub detects a short or failure in the USB device it will tally depending on what operating system you are running, which gives you not only a warning but a way to shut it off immediately. The third reason I like it is more of a personal preference but it is a geek gadget. Let me know what you think, basically I am depending on your feedback before I purchase this. Thank you in advance! Danny Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident: Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 in a horrible car accident Traumatic brain injury from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord not vent dependendent anymore. :] My website: http://wwwthespinalcordinjurednet <http://www.thespinalcordinjured.net/> My social networking sites: http://www.myspace.com/DannyLNX http://www.facebook.com/DannyLNX
