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three element "neon bulb" in Electric Blanket...what's it do?

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mike

Jan 1, 1970
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Dismayed by the fact that all my electric blankets seem to fail after a
few years, I took one apart.
the failure mode seems to be degradation in the "heat tape" that
snakes thru the blanket.
But there's also a gizmo that looks like a 3-element neon bulb
that's in series with a 1.5 ohm resistor across the line.
Only thing I can imagine it does is shunt line transients????

mike
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Rheilly Phoull

Jan 1, 1970
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mike said:
Dismayed by the fact that all my electric blankets seem to fail after a
few years, I took one apart.
the failure mode seems to be degradation in the "heat tape" that
snakes thru the blanket.
But there's also a gizmo that looks like a 3-element neon bulb
that's in series with a 1.5 ohm resistor across the line.
Only thing I can imagine it does is shunt line transients????

mike
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Would it be there as a power on indicator, or is there another to do that ??
 
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mike

Jan 1, 1970
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Rheilly said:
Would it be there as a power on indicator, or is there another to do that ??

nope, it's inside the power connector box at the foot of the blanket.
mike



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Wanted 13" LCD for Mitac 6133 Samsung HT13X13-201
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