[Vwdiesel] Current for Heated Seat?

[Val Christian]

This sounds right, current wise.  I found a posting that GM seats draw about 
3.85 amps on high.  So 5A makes sense.

Pretty cheap, in that 5 amps keeps my wife happy, and helps her sleep in the 
car.  More benefit than a rear window defogger!




> 
> Dunno about 1, but pretty sure the answer to 2 is variable current.
> 
> Actually, for #1, per this
> thread<http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=7269&page=3> some
> random guy measured his seat at 5A.  I assume that's at full power.
> 
> However.. IIRC leather vs cloth is different (leather has less power).
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:19 AM, Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com>wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know what the nominal draw of a heater seat in a VW Jetta
> > (circa ALH engine)?
> >
> > As the heat is turned up, does it vary the duty cycle, or does it vary the
> > current?
> >
> > Thanks.  The car is not here to measure it on, and if it were, I am too
> > lazy
> > to run out and test everything (actually warming up from the last job).
> >
> >
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