On 02/22/2017 11:27 AM, R2D4 wrote:https://homelyitems.com/electric-blanket-light-on-but-no-heat/
I am on my second Sunbeam electric blanket this Winter and it is doing
the same thing as the first one I had-- starts off for a couple of weeks working correctly, then spends a week getting weaker and weaker where I have to turn up the controller all the way and even then the heating is uneven and weak. I was going to return this one too, but before I do, I wanted to ask if anyone knew of a solution to repair this? Almost seems like there is a circuit issue somewhere, maybe in the controller, but
who knows. If it were a cheap repair, I'd just keep the blanket after
the low cost repeatable fix. Thank you.
PS: I can't think that they're making that much money on these. I readJust to update that I gave up on trying to find the right electric
the reviews and *many* folks are having similar issues. If a solution
isn't found for the above, I'd appreciate recommendations for a brand/ model that will last. This definitely isn't like the blanket I had
while growing up 25 years ago; that one lasted for 15 years with no issues.
whatever that will work correctly and I am currently trying out down and
down alternative comforters. This also seems to be an area needing
study and it's not as simple as just picking out one without knowing
what you need beforehand. However, I'm very close to a reasonably
costing winner so my problems are almost solved.
On Sunday, 26 February 2017 at 10:16:24 UTC+5, R2D4 wrote:
On 02/22/2017 11:27 AM, R2D4 wrote:
I am on my second Sunbeam electric blanket this Winter and it is doingJust to update that I gave up on trying to find the right electric
the same thing as the first one I had-- starts off for a couple of weeks >> > working correctly, then spends a week getting weaker and weaker where I
have to turn up the controller all the way and even then the heating is
uneven and weak. I was going to return this one too, but before I do, I
wanted to ask if anyone knew of a solution to repair this? Almost seems
like there is a circuit issue somewhere, maybe in the controller, but
who knows. If it were a cheap repair, I'd just keep the blanket after
the low cost repeatable fix. Thank you.
PS: I can't think that they're making that much money on these. I read
the reviews and *many* folks are having similar issues. If a solution
isn't found for the above, I'd appreciate recommendations for a brand/
model that will last. This definitely isn't like the blanket I had
while growing up 25 years ago; that one lasted for 15 years with no issues.
whatever that will work correctly and I am currently trying out down and
down alternative comforters. This also seems to be an area needing
study and it's not as simple as just picking out one without knowing
what you need beforehand. However, I'm very close to a reasonably
costing winner so my problems are almost solved.
https://homelyitems.com/electric-blanket-light-on-but-no-heat/
That, or another case of spontaneous combustion!
On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 3:48:20 PM UTC-5, Samuel M. Goldwasser wrote:suspect it's decline is not linear, so keeping the temp down by half may quadruple the life..
I haven't done any real testing Sam, but just spitballing I'd guess that the more the Sunbeam is used, the faster it becomes inert. So, if run at lower temp settings, less heat/time will be supplied by the blanket and the longer it will last (?). I
At least that's my theory and we'll see how this new Sunbeam mattress pad holds up. We had two blankets before this heated pad (both Sunbeam) and both went *very* weak before being replaced. Neither showed any error code at the controller nor wentcompletely cold, so neither suffered a broken wire anywhere. But even at level ten they barely got warm.
This new Sunbeam heated mattress pad we picked up last fall will be used no more than a max of 4 out of 10 (no preheat which does a level 10 for 30 min).
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