Seat heater repair success?

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Two years ago, after reading everything in the archives, I took apart 4
front seats and found  at least two breaks in each seat element. I then
twisted and soldered each break. None of the repairs is functional today.
Right away, each seat developed hot spots at the repair points, and the
heating elements failed soon after.

The hot spots were so hot that you would want to remove your hand after a
short period of testing.

My conclusion/hypothesis was that the Nichrome(?)resistance wire didn't
take well to soldering, and some form of twisting/crimping/clamping alone
would have been a better way to try doing the repairs.

I'd like to hear from people who have repaired (not replaced) seat heaters
and have had them work without hot spots for long periods after the repair.
There is adequate information about taking out the seats and getting off
the seat covers, and getting them back on again. But I don't remember much
about reports of long-term survival after the repair attempts.



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At 07:26 AM 3/13/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>I am trying to replace a seat heater and have been offered this part #
>4A0963555B.  I cannot get my family Bible to recognize this #.
>
>I want to use it on seat and back rest of a SQ in case my soldering
>abilities cannot match the element breakage I expect to find.
>
>Anyone?
>
>Colin