Remember when I said I would be ...

[reynardo]

... investigating the possibility of repairing our electric blanket?

Well, it turns out that's not necessary any more.

An old schoolmate of lederhosen offered to have a look at the blanket for us, so I stripped off the bedding to remove the Electric blanket.

And this is what I found on my side.



So, it had burned through the electric blanket itself, the sheet I had under that, and then hit the woollen underlay. Luckily, wool chars rather than burning - so while it's got a nasty scorch mark on it, it's not burned through to the mattress.

Above, it made a nasty scorch mark on the mattress protector.

When I told my mother, she immediately offered a new one as an early birthday present. Needless to say we accepted that offer gladly.

And upon investigation, lederhosen discovered that that particular brand - "Mistral Linda" has had several recalls, although to be fair our model hadn't been.

So - no repairs to that blanket.

(It had cost somewhere around $150 when we first bought it, so it would have been nice to save some money, but there are limits).

My apologies for the post-spamming today. Nothing like a sick day at home to make one blurble on.

Comments

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Yikes - I'm glad you didn't get burned alive.

[timestep.livejournal.com]

Second to Dicky's comment.

I think I would send the picture to the manufacturer - they need to know.

[lederhosen.livejournal.com]

I wanted to, but if you try finding contact details for 'Mistral Australia' you'll see what our problem was.

[kerravonsen]

Whoa! Glad you discovered it, at least.

[beowabbit]

I’m very glad the puzzle was “why isn’t my electric blanket working?” rather than “why am I on fire?” And happy early birthday! And good for your mother for helping make sure you actually make it to your birthday! :-)

[deor.livejournal.com]

So why does someone in Australia need an electric blanket? It never even gets below freezing there!

[freyaw.livejournal.com]

Because more than six layers of blankets plus a quilt gets a bit unwieldy on a king size bed :P Also, the bed is warm when you get into it and it is luxurious.