Can anyone tell me the comparative cost of running an electric blanket all night and running a tv all day?

Which Review of electric blankets says "Using the most energy-efficient blanket in our test for two hours a day, every day for half a year at its maximum setting would cost just £2.19. The least efficient blanket would cost almost three times as much to run for that amount of time, but is still very cheap at £5.93." You can multiply that up to get the all-night cost - bearing in mind that it will not use as much power once it has heated up from cold and is just maintaining the temperature.

Tehe Telegraph personal finance page The devices quietly running up your energy bills has a list of how much it costs to leave various things on standby - Television (Plasma) is £4.87 If they are actually running it is more than that.

This source [http://www.savethestudent.org/accommodation/how-much-does-energy-cost-an-hour.html How much does energy cost per hour?]] says £19.32 for the TV

I got that link wrong How much does energy cost per hour?

£19.32 an hour???

Oh no, that's for a year! Hourly cost is £0.018

Can I just ask why you leave your electric blanket switched on all the time? I assume there is a reason.

OP is feeling the cold?

Fairly cheap for both blanket and tv I think. turn off when you are not using.

Some electric blankets can be left on all night tanith, I'm assuming OP is only doing so at night?

Thank you Elegran I do feel the cold and I have a timed option of nine hours on a very low level(there are 6 levels) neither of us likes heated bedroom but I get cramp in cold sheets so I tend to put the blanket on a little before bedtime and have the nine hour option . The blanket switches itself off when the body ( me) is warming up to the required temperature,or that is how I understand it. DH always assumes I am wasting electricity but at those prices I think I'm excused profligacy

You said its dual control, does OH have his side of blanket on at all?

I'm the opposite, I get very hot at night and on occasions have an electric fan on. Apart from husband moaning about gale force winds in the bedroom, I have had the comment "how much is that fan costing me?" I have no idea, sometimes you can't put a price on well being

I don't think the article is very accurate as it says ipad charger on standby. This does not happen, you are either charging or it is off - unlike some other chargers. makes you wonder how much research they have done!

Yes Chelseab my DH puts his blanket on when he goes to bed but if he's cold in the night he tends to believe I am his hot water bottle. I think charger on standby is for those people who leave the charger plugged in and switched on without an iPod iPad attached. They feel warn and are using electricity unless switched off at the wall.

Comfort comes first Stansgran and getting a good night's sleep is vital to me.......I'm an absolute nightmare if I don't get enough sleep ?

Thanks Stansgran now I realise what you meant.. I do have a similar blanket but only put it on for a few minutes to warm the sheets and then when i get in I switch off..

I think charger on standby is for those people who leave the charger plugged in and switched on without an iPod iPad attached.

No, all Apple chargers switch off when the item is charged. Nothing attached the no charge goes through.

Get a smart meter, tells you everything.