Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!preece From: preece@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Re: Why don't thermostats work? - (nf) Message-ID: <5690@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 22:44:29 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5690 Posted: Thu Feb 16 22:44:29 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 02:53:42 EST Lines: 8 #R:heurikon:-20500:uicsl:7500047:000:300 uicsl!preece Feb 16 11:34:00 1984 I think the principal function of the thermostats in electric blankets is protection against fires caused by overheating. There are a bunch of thermostats in an electric blanket and their number and placement is regulated (check the recent Consumer Reports review of electric blankets for details).