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Technical Heated seats - back as well as bum?

Squadrone Rosso

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Been having a think given my recent back problems & surgery.

The bum warmers are volcanic. Better than the ones in my Alfa & miles better than the GT86 set up.

But, the don't warn your back :(

Anyone out there thought about adding back warmer pads into the existing loom?

Surely it must be easy. The pads are very thin, the covers come off easily enough, the whites can be spliced into etc.

Thinking of finding a trim guy & asking.

Serious omissions to the winter pack IMO.

Cheers,

Simon
 
That may depend on a variety of things such as heat properties of the materials, reflective plates, the available voltage and current, and what sort of resistance the heat pads are providing. Simply wiring in another pad of the same type would double the resistance for example, and may overload the alternator. Similarly, there may be reflective material under the heating pad on the seat cushion which you may need to add to the back.
 
Considering how everyone says the standard fit ones are pretty volcanic, my guess is you could find the specs of them written somewhere on them (voltage/amperage and resistance), then get a set of pads that conform to the same total drain (wattage) and resistance that would fit under the seat cloth and the back cloth (aftermarket pads usually have their own heat shields built in to prevent setting fire to the seat cushion). That way, the bum and back in total will only be half as hot as the bum-only stock part, but still good enough to get the job done.
 
oyumurtaci said:
Considering how everyone says the standard fit ones are pretty volcanic, my guess is you could find the specs of them written somewhere on them (voltage/amperage and resistance), then get a set of pads that conform to the same total drain (wattage) and resistance that would fit under the seat cloth and the back cloth (aftermarket pads usually have their own heat shields built in to prevent setting fire to the seat cushion). That way, the bum and back in total will only be half as hot as the bum-only stock part, but still good enough to get the job done.
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I'm not convinced they quite work like that, but of course it depends how you wire them up, ie: in Parallel or in Series. I fitted cheap-ish aftermarket heaters to my previous Panda and it was indeed a fairly easy task. Even if you had to wire them from their own supply, you could use the main seat heater switch and a relay to fire up the new backrest items and then you'd be perfectly good to go. In fact I might yet try that myself thinking about it :)
 
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