Sunbeam BL3431, BL3121, BL3441, BL3451, BL3471 Instruction Booklet

Please read these instructions carefully and retain for future reference.

Safe & Sound

®

Machine Washable Electric Blankets
with SleepPerfect

®

Technology

Instruction Booklet

Contents

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions 1
Safety Precautions for your Electric Blanket 2
Sunbeam’s SleepPerfect

®

Technology 3

Features of your electric blanket

Safe & Sound Tie-Down 4
Safe & Sound Fitted 5
Safe & Sound Waterproof 6
Safe & Sound Antibacterial 7
Safe & Sound Plush 9
Safe & Sound Quilted 10

Safe & Sound Fleecy 11
Fitting your electric blanket 13
Using your electric blanket 15
Troubleshooting 18
Care and cleaning 19

1

If you have any concerns regarding the performance and use of your appliance,

please visit www.sunbeam.com.au or contact the Sunbeam Consumer Service Line.

Ensure the above safety precautions are understood.

Sunbeam is very safety conscious when

designing and manufacturing consumer products,
but it is essential that the product user also
exercise care when using an electrical appliance.
Listed below are precautions which are essential
for the safe use of an electrical appliance:

• Read carefully and save all the instructions
provided with an appliance.

• Always turn the power off at the power outlet
before you insert or remove a plug. Remove
by grasping the plug - do not pull on the cord.

• Turn the power off and remove the plug
when the appliance is not in use and
before cleaning.

• Do not use your appliance with an extension
cord unless this cord has been checked
and tested by a qualified technician or
service person.

• Always use your appliance from a power
outlet of the voltage (A.C. only) marked
on the appliance.

• Close supervision is necessary when your
appliance is being used by children or infirm
persons.

• Young children should be supervised to ensure
that they do not play with the appliance.

• Never leave an appliance unattended while
in use.

• Do not use an appliance for any purpose
other than its intended use.

• Do not place an appliance on or near a hot gas
flame, electric element or on a heated oven.
Do not place on top of any other appliance.

• Do not let the power cord of an appliance hang
over the edge of a table or bench top or touch
any hot surface.

• Do not operate any electrical appliance with
a damaged cord or after the appliance has
been damaged in any manner. If damage is
suspected, return the appliance to the nearest
Sunbeam Appointed Service Centre
for examination, repair or adjustment.

• For additional protection, Sunbeam
recommend the use of a residual current
device (RCD) with a tripping current not
exceeding 30mA in the electrical circuit
supplying power to your appliances.

• Do not immerse the appliance in water
or any other liquid unless recommended.

• Appliances are not intended to be operated

by means of an external timer or separate
remote control system.

Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions

2

If you have any concerns regarding the performance and use of your appliance,

please visit www.sunbeam.com.au or contact the Sunbeam Consumer Service Line.

Ensure the above safety precautions are understood.

Important instructions – retain for
future use.

Safety Precautions for your
Electric Blanket

• Do not use your electric blanket on or under a
waterbed.

• Do not use on an adjustable bed or futon.

• Do not switch the blanket on if moist or wet.

• Do not allow the blanket heating wires to lie
over the edge of the mattress.

• Do not use pins, needles, safety pins or other
sharp items on your electric blanket.

• Do not dry clean your electric blanket.

• Use only as an underblanket.

• Examine periodically for signs of wear or
damage on the blanket cords. If there are such
signs, or the blanket has been misused, return
it to an authorised service agent for inspection.

• Each day check that the electric blanket is
smooth, flat and properly secured on the
mattress. Do not use if the blanket is folded,
rucked or creased.

• Only use your electric blanket with the controls
supplied or marked equivalent.

• Do not use with infants, infirm persons, or

persons insensitive to heat.

• Parents or guardians must preset the controls

for young children, unless the child has been
adequately instructed on how to operate the
control safely.

• Turn the power off and remove the plug

when the appliance is not in use and before
cleaning.

• This electric blanket is not intended for use in

hospitals.

3

All Sunbeam Safe & Sound electric
blankets feature our exclusive SleepPerfect

®

Technology. This technology uses a unique
heating element that adjusts the power
supplied to your electric blanket to maintain
your selected setting.

A built-in microprocessor continually senses
changes in room and body temperature
and adjusts the power input accordingly, to
provide a constant level of comfort.

On double/queen and king size electric
blankets each side adjusts independently to
maintain individual comfort levels. So you’ll
always sleep soundly, even on the coldest
nights.

This unique element also heats to your
selected temperature in just 10 minutes,
so there’s no need for hours of preheating
before bedtime.

Sunbeam’s SleepPerfect®
Technology

Temperature sensitive, fast-heating elements

Nine levels of safety protection

Nine levels of safety protection make
Sunbeam's Safe & Sound range safer
than any other electric blanket. A built­in microprocessor senses any rise in
temperature and reduces the power supply
to prevent overheating.

In the unlikely event of a fault, the
microprocessor senses the abnormal
operation and automatically cuts off power to
the blanket.

A second microprocessor acts as a back up
should the first fail.

For additional safety protection, all Safe &
Sound electric blankets contain a thermal
back up fuse that is independent of the
blanket control. It detects any abnormal
temperature variations in the heating element
and automatically switches the blanket off to
prevent overheating.

Your Safe & Sound Tie-Down electric blanket
has the following features:

SleepPerfect

®

Technology

Sunbeam’s exclusive SleepPerfect

®

Technology continually senses and adjusts to
changes in your room and body temperature
to maintain your selected heat setting. So
when the temperature drops outside, you’ll
stay safe and warm.

Cosy feet heating

The heating wires are concentrated at the
base of the blanket to deliver extra heat
around your feet, while keeping the rest of
your body comfortably warm.

Tie tapes

Handy cotton tie tapes keep the blanket
secure on the bed.

For instructions on how to fit your Safe &
Sound Tie-Down electric blanket, see the
section titled Tie Tape Electric Blankets on
page 13.

Machine washable

The detachable controls and waterproof
element make your electric blanket safe to
machine wash and tumble dry.

For instructions on how to launder your Safe
& Sound electric blanket, see the Care and
Cleaning section on page 19.

9 heat control

A choice of 9 heat settings allows you to
select the desired temperature to keep you
comfortable all night. The settings dial
illuminates to enable easy adjustment in the
dark.

Detachable controls

Remove the controls when laundering your
blanket.

Dual controls

Your Double/Queen size electric blanket
feature two controls for individual comfort.

4

Safe & Sound Tie-Down

BL3121 Single

BL3151 Double/Queen

5

Safe & Sound Fitted

BL3421 Single

BL3431 King Single

BL3441 Double

BL3451 Queen

BL3471 King

Your Safe & Sound Fitted electric blanket
has the following features:

SleepPerfect

®

Technology

Sunbeam’s exclusive SleepPerfect

®

Technology continually senses and adjusts to
changes in your room and body temperature
to maintain your selected heat setting. So
when the temperature drops outside, you’ll
stay safe and warm.

Cosy feet heating

The heating wires are concentrated at the
base of the blanket to deliver extra heat
around your feet, while keeping the rest of
your body comfortably warm.

Fitted design

The fitted skirt and extra strong elastic
cord keep the blanket flat and taut on the
mattress, and make it easier to fit and
remove from the bed.

For instructions on how to fit your Safe &
Sound Fitted electric blanket, see the section
titled Fitted Electric Blankets on page 14.

Machine washable

The detachable controls and waterproof
element make your electric blanket safe to
machine wash and tumble dry.

For instructions on how to launder your Safe
& Sound Fitted electric blanket, see the Care
and Cleaning section on page 19.

9 heat timer control

A choice of 9 heat settings allows you to
select the desired temperature to keep you
comfortable all night. The setting dial is
illuminated to enable easy adjustment in the
dark.

Ideal for preheating the bed before hopping
in, the 75 minute setting automatically
switches the blanket off after 75 minutes.

The 12 hour setting automatically switches
the blanket off after 12 hours in case you
forget.

Detachable controls

Remove the controls when laundering
your blanket. Store the controls during the
summer months while your blanket remains
on the bed as a comfortable underblanket.

Dual controls

Your Double, Queen or King size electric
blanket features two controls for individual
comfort.

6

Safe & Sound Waterproof

Your Safe & Sound Waterproof electric blanket
has the following features:

SleepPerfect

®

Technology

Sunbeam’s exclusive SleepPerfect

®

Technology continually senses and adjusts to
changes in your room and body temperature
to maintain your selected heat setting. So
when the temperature drops outside, you’ll
stay safe and warm.

Waterproof inner layer

Your Safe & Sound Waterproof electric
blanket contains a special waterproof
membrane that prevents any liquids from
reaching the heating wires or soaking through
to the mattress.

Cosy feet heating

The heating wires are concentrated at the
base of the blanket to deliver extra heat
around your feet, while keeping the rest of
your body comfortably warm.

Polar fleece fabric

Topped with a soft layer of plush polar fleece
fabric, your Safe & Sound Waterproof electric
blanket will keep you cosy all night long.

Fitted design

The fitted skirt and extra strong elastic
cord keep the blanket flat and taut on the
mattress, and make it easier to fit and
remove from the bed.

For instructions on how to fit your Safe &
Sound Waterproof electric blanket, see the
section titled Fitted Electric Blankets on
page 14.

Machine washable

The detachable controls and waterproof
element make your electric blanket safe to
machine wash and tumble dry.

For instructions on how to launder your Safe
& Sound Waterproof electric blanket, see the
Care and cleaning section on page 19.

9 heat timer control

A choice of 9 heat settings allows you to
select the desired temperature to keep you
comfortable all night. The setting dial is
illuminated to enable easy adjustment in the
dark.

Ideal for preheating the bed before hopping
in, 75 minute setting automatically switches
the blanket off after 75 minutes.

The 12 hour setting automatically switches
the blanket off after 12 hours in case you
forget.

Detachable control

Remove the control when laundering your
blanket. Store the control during the summer
months while your blanket remains on the
bed as a year round mattress protector and
comfortable underblanket.

BL3321 Single

BL3321G Single
BL3331 King Single