teotwaki
Excelsior!
DocRoh's for sale thread
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...)-and-other-medical-stuff?p=968341#post968341
Manufacturer's link
http://www.thermogear.com/patient.html
I want to stop polluting DocRoh's for sale thread and move usage and tech discussion over here.
His original thread on them has pictures here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ermogear-Portable-electric-blanket?highlight=
$60 shipped is incredibly cheap for a useful and cool toy. Mine arrived and it is sort of a new/old stock item where it is not pristine shiny-new but the thermal blanket and the covers looked to have never been unfolded. The power supply looked unused yet the temp control on the battery box had tape across the knob to hold a setting. Goo remover got rid of the stickiness left behind by the tape.
The battery pack is a sealed lead-acid Gel cell, 12 volts at 7 Amp hours so no worries about replacing an exotic lithium cell battery pack. Four screws on the bottom of the case and two spade connections to the battery and you are done. I gave the battery a long overnight charge because when I first checked it the thing was as dead as a door nail. The nice bonus about the 12v battery is that you could supply a direct fused connection to your truck or trailer battery, add a two postion toggle switch and run this thing from your mains or from the internal Gel Cell.
The carrying case had bits of dried grass inside :sombrero: so you know these things went somewhere, came back from the field and then were surplused. For $60 you still can't gripe. I took everything out of the well-made case and washed it out in warm water so it looks much nicer now.
Pictures and tech info to follow
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...)-and-other-medical-stuff?p=968341#post968341
Manufacturer's link
http://www.thermogear.com/patient.html
I want to stop polluting DocRoh's for sale thread and move usage and tech discussion over here.
His original thread on them has pictures here: http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ermogear-Portable-electric-blanket?highlight=
$60 shipped is incredibly cheap for a useful and cool toy. Mine arrived and it is sort of a new/old stock item where it is not pristine shiny-new but the thermal blanket and the covers looked to have never been unfolded. The power supply looked unused yet the temp control on the battery box had tape across the knob to hold a setting. Goo remover got rid of the stickiness left behind by the tape.
The battery pack is a sealed lead-acid Gel cell, 12 volts at 7 Amp hours so no worries about replacing an exotic lithium cell battery pack. Four screws on the bottom of the case and two spade connections to the battery and you are done. I gave the battery a long overnight charge because when I first checked it the thing was as dead as a door nail. The nice bonus about the 12v battery is that you could supply a direct fused connection to your truck or trailer battery, add a two postion toggle switch and run this thing from your mains or from the internal Gel Cell.
The carrying case had bits of dried grass inside :sombrero: so you know these things went somewhere, came back from the field and then were surplused. For $60 you still can't gripe. I took everything out of the well-made case and washed it out in warm water so it looks much nicer now.
Pictures and tech info to follow
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