[Vwdiesel] Current for Heated Seat?

[Erik Lane]

And at say 14 volts, that's 70 watts of power. Seems like a decent amount
to heat you up.


On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com>wrote:

> 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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