How Safe are your Children and Blankets?

By Irvan Januta


For some of us an electric blanket is part of our survival kit today. We could not happen, and how we or our parents never make the bed warmer cold without a blanket or a heating mat? In the old days the officers directly to heat, while the master or mistress was in bed by that of other agents. The poor can have a pet bed for heat so that the origin of the phrase "cold as a night of three dogs."

But for over fifty years and blankets were available in the last fifteen or twenty, very affordable for most people. Some people leave them all night, others only heat the bed before going to bed, then reduce or completely. luxury units with two controls, thermostats and timers are things for you. When it is hot enough. If it cools too, was raised again. Beautiful.

Of course, these devices are more expensive, and although some parents will buy one for your bed, in the end the children with his former limit, you could see significant wear and tear in recent years. Some failures could be hidden from inspection and could lead to tragedy. A short circuit caused by a frayed rope skipping is the current through the space to about 186,000 miles per second. Your child may go into shock and is very preventable.

Check first, electric blankets to provide their children, the old equipment indicating problems may be worse and signs of damage. If in doubt, nagging the very least, cut the cord from the ceiling and get rid carefully. Not only draws and make the problem of someone else.

New covers are cheap, much cheaper than hospitals, ambulances and funeral. You can online and find the best price and good quality items shown at the right price and shipping costs are usually less time and money you spend on gas driving from store to store to.

Too many families are each winter because of faulty wiring in the heaters, electric blankets and other heating systems burned. In our house we have a ritual of thanksgiving, make sure the batteries in smoke detectors and extinguisher in the kitchen, basement and garage are fully charged. If they are weak, we have a fire drill and allow children to practice fire suppression, and get to buy new units. We use small hand fire extinguisher, which you use in your car, cheap and effective, and if it is not enough to be evacuated, not against the fire.

We check our blankets on the day she was sitting in her bed after the summer break is over. We have four or five years off before, a little skeptical to be placed on the top and wear. Which version of this year, good enough for another year, maybe two (so it's a general invitation), but this way we have initiated a program to replace equipment, each fall. With five children, it is expensive to replace at once and I'd rather spend a little more to improve the quality of coverage.

We also installed a circuit breaker off before the child is electrified and we have all the elements of a candle with your fingers or metal objects can cause sticking in the holes. We also have electric blankets cables at the rear of the bed, so you do not even see or plug. To the control unit is a little difficult, but worth the extra effort to this inquisitive hands.