[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Neither for me, just a regular blanket.

As a teenager I was sleeping hard teenager sleep when our English bulldog jumped on my bed and was licking and almost chewing on my face. I woke up from that of course, and I smelled smoke. I did not turn the lights on, but walked through the house and when I got back to my room the smoke smell was strong. I flipped on the lights and saw my bed smoking.

Dad was in Korea on a remote TDY so it was just mom at home. I yelled, Mom, my bed is on fire, and she stood straight up in bed and came flying to my room, she grabbed the blankets and sheets and and threw them in the back yard. Just seconds later they burst into large flames. We called the fire department, and the put out the bedding, and set up fans in the house to get rid of the smoke.

No doubt our dog saved me from burns and maybe the house catching on fire.

Now we have a electric mattress pad, with separate controls. My side is unplugged, and my wife almost never uses her heat. And we have smoke detectors and CO detectors in the house.

What caused it to short out?