Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.physics Subject: Re: Why don't thermostats work? Message-ID: <2171@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Sat, 25-Feb-84 14:22:30 EST Article-I.D.: watcgl.2171 Posted: Sat Feb 25 14:22:30 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Feb-84 07:13:08 EST References: <213@unisoft.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 8 I disagree. Electric blankets have thermostats in the blanket which will shut off the flow of current if that particular area of the blanket gets very hot. These are not adjustable. The thermostat which controls the blanket temperature normally is in the control box. It will respond to room temperature changes, but it is really maintaining a constant temperature in the control box (there is a little heater in there which is on whenever the blanket is on) and thus the under-blanket temperatures will not necessarily remain constant if the room temperature changes.