| A modern electric blanket is composed of grids of | | | | account the body heat you will generate as you use |
| thin, insulated wires. These wires generate heat inside | | | | it. This results in a more even heating overall. |
| the entire blanket. Therefore, if you are easily chilled | | | | However, we must not forget that because the |
| and often like to turn up the heat or layer with | | | | wires embedded in these blankets are, in fact, |
| sweaters, especially as you sleep, an electric blanket | | | | powered by electricity, there are always risks of |
| will be the perfect thing for you! | | | | shock or fire. The manufacturers make certain that |
| History: | | | | they warn the consumer not to misuse an electric |
| When electricity was born in the 1900s, electrical | | | | blanket because of these risks. |
| elements were added to many common household | | | | If you have an older electric blanket, it has been |
| items. The very first electric blankets were very | | | | shown that the continued use of older electric |
| dangerous, but have since been further developed, | | | | blankets has been the cause of many accidental fires |
| designed for your comfort and safety. | | | | and electrocutions. The problems that create such |
| It wasn't until the 1920s that electric blankets | | | | risks have been continuously and are in an ongoing |
| became appealing to the general public. Tuberculosis | | | | development of the safest possible electric blankets. |
| patients would spend much of their recovery time | | | | So if you own an old electric blanket, please get rid |
| outdoors because the air was fresher than the air | | | | of it and purchase a new one, for your own safety. |
| inside, however, the temperatures would significantly | | | | A great fact about electric blankets is that a single, |
| drop overnight. Hospitals and private nurses soon | | | | thin layer of bedding (i.e. the electric blanket) can |
| began to use electric blankets to keep their patients | | | | replace several expensive cover sheets, and other |
| warm outside. Gradually the electric blanket made its | | | | blankets and comforters. Therefore, many people |
| way to the public market, available for anyone to | | | | wanted to purchase them to help them save money |
| purchase. | | | | on winter warmth. |
| Modern electric blankets: | | | | There are ways to find electric blankets without |
| The earliest electric blankets had adjustable | | | | having to pay expensive prices for them. Electric |
| thermostats to control temperature, but more | | | | blankets come in all different colors, sizes, and |
| modern versions use rheostats. So what is a | | | | designs. So check out the reasonable prices offered |
| rheostat? Rheostats not only measure the heat | | | | for high quality electric blankets and purchase one at |
| generated by your blanket, but also take into | | | | a cost that you can easily afford. |