Cozy Up with Electric Blankets & Save Energy
Electric blankets are a great way to save energy,sleep toasty, and reduce heating bills in the cooler months. By keeping your bed warm, there is no need to heat the rest of your home to room temperature during the overnight hours. Any electric blanket uses only a fraction of the energy of your home’s furnace, but if you want to save even more energy, select the most energy-efficient electric blanket you can find.
The electric blanket above uses only 25V of electricity, compared to the 120V used by most other electric blankets. There’s a pre-warm feature that lets you quickly “preheat” your bed at the highest setting, before the blanket automatically switches back to its regular setting. There is also an automatic 10 hour timer which will turn the blanket off if you forget.
The Safe & Warm electric blanket is available at Frontgate in twin, king, and queen sizes. King and queen sizes have dual controls in case you and your sleep-mate differ when it comes to sleeping temps.
Always follow the safety recommendations included with your electric blankets. Here are more electric blanket safety tips.
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by Traci Latoz
4 comments
I love how soft and cozy these electric blankets look! The one I currently have is not nearly as plush. I definitely want an upgrade!
Electro magnetic field (EMF) radiation from high voltage power lines has been linked to cancer, so electric blankets, which give off lower levels of EMF radiation, have fallen out of favor with many people.
The EMF created by electric blankets can go 6-7 inches into your body, which in my case at least is pretty much all the way through. An epidemiological study has linked electric blankets with childhood leukemia, and miscarriages.
You can still get some energy savings from electric blankets. Use them to pre-heat your bed before you get into it. I’ve always found that the first fifteen minutes in bed are the most uncomfortable (we keep our house very cool at night in winter). It takes that long for our bodies to warm the bed up. By preheating with an electric blanket, turning it off when you hop into bed, and using a thick down quilt to keep in the heat from the e-blanket and the heat your body generates, you can be toasty warm in a cold room and not have to worry about EMF effects.
Robin from Green Energy Efficient Homes
I think having an electric blanket on the bed even while turned off is a health hazzard, as I’ve read one should not have electrical wires for lamps, etc. running under the bed. And an electric clock (especially a radio alarm clock) must be at least six feet from the head.
I have found using a 2 liter bottle with hot water is great and it retains heat for a long time. I have warmed it time and time again in the micro wave (stand back 6 feet while it’s running) with no problems. It takes about 3 to 3-1/2 minutes to heat. This, and nukeing my dish cloth and sponge, is the only thing I now use my microwave for.
The safety issues around EMR can be eliminated by unplugging the blanket before you get into bed–that cuts off all electrical activity.
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