Is your electric blanket safe to use? Follow these simple safety guidelines to ensure your electric blanket does not create a fire hazard.
• Don’t use electric blankets on infants or toddlers, people with disabilities, or anyone who cannot operate the heating controls themselves.
• Don't use an electric blanket all night unless it is specifically rated for safe overnight use.
• Don’t run the power cord between the mattress and the box spring when using the electric blanket in bed. This could potentially cause a fire.
• Don’t twist or pinch the control cords since this could damage them. This is also means you should not use electric blankets with adjustable hospital beds, sofa sleepers, or Murphy beds where the cords could become pinched in the bed-folding mechanisms.
• Don’t use an electric blanket on a waterbed.
• Don’t use an electric blanket and a heated mattress pad at the same time. The combined warmth could cause overheating and start a fire.
• Don’t wash your electric blanket. The twisting and tugging motions of a washing machine are almost certain to damage the internal coils.
• Don’t iron your electric blanket. This could melt the cord insulation.
• Don’t dry clean your electric blanket. Solvents used in dry cleaning could damage the cord insulation.
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