Re: [EVDL] Heating a pack: Cold Charging Lithium Experiences (E.blanket)

2015-02-20 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: Note about Electric Blanket Thermostats. The Electric Blankets I have taken apart have no sensor in the blanket itself. Only the controller. That's true of older (and cheaper?) ones. The heating element is just a long piece of resistance wire that draws about th

Re: [EVDL] Heating a pack: Cold Charging Lithium Experiences (E.blanket)

2015-02-20 Thread David Wilker via EV
This brought to mind a waterbed thermostat, which does have a sensor in the, or under the mattress. If we cannot afford to take care of Veterans, then we should stop making them. David C. Wilker Jr. USAF (RET) On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Note about Electri

Re: [EVDL] Heating a pack: Cold Charging Lithium Experiences (E.blanket)

2015-02-20 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
Note about Electric Blanket Thermostats. The Electric Blankets I have taken apart have no sensor in the blanket itself. Only the controller. So there really is no closed loop thermal control since the room temperature and the people in bed are not linked. They are linked from the cold room to t