if there was a fire and someone who was blind was outside and discovered the fire how would they pull the alarm if the directions were not in Braille? If they were with their parent could the parent guide their hand to the handle so they could learn how to pull it for next time? Could they break the glass? Would it take them a bit longer to pull the alarm? I am asking for a friend who is a teenager and is blind how would one pull a fire alarm if it did not have Braille on it?
Check the watt rating of the blanket (like 180 watts or whatever). It will be listed on the glued on paper tag at the plug in socket. NEXT, draw a small picture of the socket configuration. Then go to the thrift store and look in their box of controls and look for one that has the same plug and is at least rated at or higher than your blanket rating. That means that if your blanket is 180 watts the control has to be rated for at least 180 watts or higher. You have to pay attention to the plug configuration, they are not universal. But it is possible to find a control that will work. Just don't get one rated for less than your blanket rating.
Yes it can. As lightning travels through the air, it's subject to the force of the wind. And if one strikes right near your house, then, well, you might be in for a surprise. Surprisingly, if the fan is spinning to bring the air up you're at great risk, as it will pull the lightning directly to it. If you have it spinning down then you won't have anything to worry about.
Not to my knowledge. But anything wet is more susceptible to lightning than anything that is dry.
This is a typical urban legend. The truth is: Nothing specific attract the lightning yet, everything with a mass does it. Let me explain: As the friction in the cloud causes static electricity, its base becomes charged negatively. This, by induction, charges positively everything with a mass, under it. Your window fan, a nearby tree, anything! As the tension increases to a critical point, probing lightning bolts rises from several points in the ground, including everything with a mass, and from different places in the cloud. Once the shortest path gets hot enough to make plasma of the air, it becomes the main bolt. You can see that clearly from slow motion movies of lightning on YouTube. What about lightning rods then? Well, they don't attract the lightning but they are placed in such a way that they are most likely to be hit by it because at the highest point and, therefore, shortest path. What it does then is to lead (not attract!) the energy to the ground, thus preventing heating from the resistance the wooden or brick building would make. As the answer above tells you, the only problem with an electrical fan is that, like any other electrical appliance, it is connected to a powerline coming to your house and if the lightning hits it, or even, a nearby transformer, some of the energy will travel along the wires and jump to the earth at the end of it. This may burn down you appliance and leave burn traces from its exit point to the entry point in the ground.
