> All the blankets used heavy duty 600 volt rating on each of the 4 pins on=
 the connector
> that runs from the controller into the blanket, a photo of the connector =
is here:

....

> Inside the controller is a PIC chip, triac switching and a mylar cap base=
d line voltage to low
> voltage power supply. There is a thermistor mounted on the PCB, which is =
used to compensate
> for the ambient temperature change in the room. There are 2 output wires =
and the heating
> element is a single conductor (actually 2 parallel conductors) within the=
 blanket itself. Although
> there are 4 terminals on the controller connector, only 2 of them are use=
d. There are no
> connections to the other remaining pins on the blanket.

Does the controller itself have 4 connections to the connector? It sounds t=
o me like the element end has been mis-wired, hence why the failures on the=
 reports that someone else posted.



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