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mkesper on July 31, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Micro heaters cut 87% off my electric heat bill

Electric blankets can burn you and the whole house down and do not use the same form of heat transfer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_transfer. They just should not be used.

maccard on July 31, 2014 [–]

> Electric blankets can burn you and the whole house down and do not use the same form of heat transfer

Source on that? I had a quick search, and it seems to be one of those rumours... The only reference I could find was old (pre 2001) and faulty models.

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