A heating blanket system comprises a blanket, one or more heating wiresembeddedwithin the blanket, a control switch embedded in the blanket, the controlswitch being configuredto allow a user to adjust a temperature setting of the blanket, and anexternal control moduledetachably connectable to the control switch and the one or more heatingwires, the externalcontrol module configured to receive the temperature setting from the controlswitch andconfigured to control current flow through the one or more heating wires basedon thetemperature setting, the external control module being external to theblanket.
