Seat Warmer

[Max Hoepli]

If the element is shorting, I'm wondering why the 30A fuse #20, far right in
the fuse box, did not burn out! That was the first time when I had this
problem, hopefully any damage to material is not too advanced.



Max

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of John Cody Forbes
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 00:02
To: George
Cc: <TWFAUST at aol.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: Seat Warmer

Many have found the wires impossible to solder. I found that some soldering
flux on the wire first makes them behave. Either way it's no small task to
get the seat cover off and back on. Taking the seat out takes 10 minutes,
repairing or replacing the element takes 10 minutes, breaking down the seat
is the other 2 hours.

-Cody (mobile)

On Dec 20, 2010, at 11:53 PM, "George" <gsidman at webloq.com> wrote:

> I am intrigued that these seat repairs take so long.  If it won't heat
it's
> an open - an element in the heater is broken. If it's too hot you have a
> short.  In either case you can pull the squab and strip the cover to
reveal
> the heater element. I believe Scott has a repair procedure on his site,
and
> I don't see why any element needs replacing, unless a short has burned up
> the element. In either case the repair is fairly simple - you either find
> and repair the short or the broken part of the element. In my case, the
> mechanic was fond of pounding his knee into the seat to turn the engine on
> and off, which broke the element.
> 
> George Sidman
> 
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