Quite apart from the heating effect of sleeping on an energised blanket you will be subjecting yourself to the dangers of the EM field. To quote from "WeeksMD" *My parents compromise by turning it on 10 minutes before getting into the classic freezing New England bedsheets and then they turn the electric blanket off before actually intoxicating themselves. However, we now know that the blanket itself, while on and heating up the bed, creates dirty electricity and also that the wires in the blanket serve as potent antena which focuses toxic electricity on your body all night long while you sleep. So now, they take one additional step for safety: they UNPLUG the blanket from the wall before they climb into they warm bed. * (Disclaimer: I am being ironic) __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 11:05, RussellMc wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 23:52, Justin Richards > wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Yes. And/but this is safe/harmless for most values of safe/harmless. > > The affect is caused by capacitive coupling from element to recumbent > target and from there via body contact to ground. > The magnitude of the tingle depends on the coupling capacitance. > When measuring with a meter the meter forms the lower leg of an impedance > divider from element via Ccoupling to body and then via meter to ground= .. > A higher impedance meter will give a value closer to mains voltage than a > lower impedance meter. > > Blanket instructions (which most ignore) say not to have blanket powered = on > when a person is in bed. > > Leaving a blanket on high while sleeping will convince you that you NEVER > want to do it again. HOT!!!. > > Russell > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .