so of course it says not to.
but, if I wait for the hot weather to come back, wash it and leave it on the line for say a week, would that be alright>
I can try to just wash the middle bit and not submerge the plugs.
thing is, according to the label there is no way to clean it, not even dry clean

Hmm, don’t know how that happened :)

Me, I’d throw it away. But I don’t electric blankets anyway.

But I don’t electric blankets anyway = warm to

If I were in your position, I’d do what you suggest.

Put the leads and stuff in a plastic bag and seal with rubber bands, then stick it over the line and hose it off.

My mother used to wash our electric blankets, Purps, but Dad was an electrician and he’d take the electric bits off first, then replace them when they were dry.

thanks. yes I’ll wash the middle bit and do my best to keep the electrics dry. its not getting used again for a few months so hopefully anything will dry out anyway. (or rust I suppose)

purple said:

thanks. yes I’ll wash the middle bit and do my best to keep the electrics dry. its not getting used again for a few months so hopefully anything will dry out anyway. (or rust I suppose)

All the internal heating elements are cased in insulating plastic, so you shouldn’t have a problem. That’s assuming it has been looked after.

Shouldn’t be a hassle to meter it before use anyway.

good thinking 99! the man loves an excuse to get his multimeter out :)

Hose the blanket at on some concrete that has an incline

1,600 psi pressure washer.

jjjust moi said:

purple said:

thanks. yes I’ll wash the middle bit and do my best to keep the electrics dry. its not getting used again for a few months so hopefully anything will dry out anyway. (or rust I suppose)

All the internal heating elements are cased in insulating plastic, so you shouldn’t have a problem. That’s assuming it has been looked after.

Shouldn’t be a hassle to meter it before use anyway.

Yeah, electric blankets should be moisture resistant, otherwise there’d be a lot of electrocuted toddlers.

purple said:

good thinking 99! the man loves an excuse to get his multimeter out :)

He’d need a megger rather than a multimeter. But it’ll be fine, Purps.

is that an electrician joke?
you lost me :)

Carmen_Sandiego said:

Yeah, electric blankets should be moisture resistant, otherwise there’d be a lot of electrocuted toddlers.

I believe that, these days, makers of electric blankets recommend that you DON’T sleep with them switched on, but use them to pre-warm beds before retiring, and then switch them off.

has anyone suggested nuking it from orbit?

purple said:

is that an electrician joke?
you lost me :)

No, measuring insulation resistance requires a special type of meter. But as I said, hose it and dry it in the sun and you’ll be OK.

oh. he might have one. like me he has a shedload of stuff he doesn’t use or need :)

I’d certainly want a megger test on something like this after it has been soaked.

Purps, I suggest that once it is dry you leave it outside and plug it in for twenty four hours…to be sure, to be sure.

Now its Irish electrician jokes.

Generally when I shit the bed I replace mine, too much involved in cleaning it, so drop it in the donations bin of local second-hand shop.

Unless one of the plastic insulators inside is worn or cracked….

transition said:

Generally when I shit the bed I replace mine, too much involved in cleaning it, so drop it in the donations bin of local second-hand shop.

Yeah because poor people like to sleep in other people’s shit.

captain_spalding said:

Carmen_Sandiego said:

Yeah, electric blankets should be moisture resistant, otherwise there’d be a lot of electrocuted toddlers.

I believe that, these days, makers of electric blankets recommend that you DON’T sleep with them switched on, but use them to pre-warm beds before retiring, and then switch them off.

nice idea but in cold climes you leave them on all night

Mega-ohm testing an electric blanket is going to tell you sweet FA, it has no earth, so unless you submerge the blanket in (perhaps slightly saline) water and use the body of water to test from to get an idea if there is any broken insulation (which seems a bit extreme) you aren’t going to learn much.

transition said:

Mega-ohm testing an electric blanket is going to tell you sweet FA, it has no earth, so unless you submerge the blanket in (perhaps slightly saline) water and use the body of water to test from to get an idea if there is any broken insulation (which seems a bit extreme) you aren’t going to learn much.

double insulated things are normally visually checked, or the other probe put in anything metallic that’s visible.

you’re right in this situation

most people won’t have a megger

you’d be better off buying a new one than washing the old one – make sure you have more layers between the dirty sheet and the blanket next time

>you’re right in this situation

I’m reassured, you are like Viagra, wook.

transition said:

>you’re right in this situation

I’m reassured, you are like Viagra, wook.

I’m more like a Viagra and Rohypnol combo

>I’m more like a Viagra and Rohypnol combo

I’m glad for you, now if you don’t mind I have to go slam my big fella in a car door.

transition said:

>I’m more like a Viagra and Rohypnol combo

I’m glad for you, now if you don’t mind I have to go slam my big fella in a car door.

just remember to wear a condom

wookiemeister said:

transition said:

>I’m more like a Viagra and Rohypnol combo

I’m glad for you, now if you don’t mind I have to go slam my big fella in a car door.

just remember to wear a condom

What commercial was that in?

purple said:

so of course it says not to.
but, if I wait for the hot weather to come back, wash it and leave it on the line for say a week, would that be alright>
I can try to just wash the middle bit and not submerge the plugs.
thing is, according to the label there is no way to clean it, not even dry clean

I asked Mrs m and she said quite strongly “Never wash them, just put them on the line to air for a long time before folding them up at the end of winter”.

mollwollfumble said:

purple said:

so of course it says not to.
but, if I wait for the hot weather to come back, wash it and leave it on the line for say a week, would that be alright>
I can try to just wash the middle bit and not submerge the plugs.
thing is, according to the label there is no way to clean it, not even dry clean

I asked Mrs m and she said quite strongly “Never wash them, just put them on the line to air for a long time before folding them up at the end of winter”.

.
And whilst hanging on line perhaps spot clean any areas that need it with metho?