That is quite and ordeal.

Some time ago we found if you were standing on the floor and touched
someone lying in the bed you would get that hard to describe buzzing/furry
sensation on the finger tips.  Kids thought it was great fun.

>From memory I measured 80v A/C from person to ground.

That was the last time we used an electric blanket.

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 18:38, RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 19:15, Art <ky1k@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> The silver colored wire, which I assume is the heating element is at the
> center of the heating cable, it is spiral wrapped with some sort of very
> small diameter multi stranded synthetic cord, with fibers so fine, I
> can't see the individual fiber strands. Around the core is a layer of
> what appears to be insulation. On the outside of that, the copper wire
> is spiral wound around the insulation, at about 6 turns per inch. Over
> that, is the outer sheath of the wire.
>
> The outer wire cannot be copper as it would short the heating element. Od=
ds
> > are it is of higher resistance than the heating element and with
> > temperature variable resistance, so that you get SOME resistance change
> > with temperature.
>
> You can measure the resistance of a section of core and outer "wires' to
> see what actual resistances are - and of an end to end element section if
> you have a "good" blanket.
>
>
> Russell
>
> >
> >
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