Seat Heaters (85 BJ60)
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iron_giant
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yeah i've got heated seats in my hj-60 (Japanese spec). One of the seats is hooked up and works ok, the other looks to be from an fj60 and doesn't have a heater. I wonder if Volvo or VW seats would work with 24volt?
I put in seat heaters. they are not overly expensive. if you livein cold climates it is really nice. I have Katskin brand. they have a high low off switch. I actually bought them when I got my seats recovered. they installed them for 225 cad. so if you bought them your self and installed I would expect maybe 150 cad. They are nice cause they have heat on your back as well as the bottom.
I've been toying with the idea for a while now. How nice would seat heaters be for a topless truck. Especially when we all are guilty of leaving the top off far too late into the fall.
Dad seemed to think the heating elements in the Volvo (ours is a 740T) are two seperate, 12V elements wired in parallel. If you rewired them in series when you were installing them into the truck, you'd be golden.
Dad seemed to think the heating elements in the Volvo (ours is a 740T) are two seperate, 12V elements wired in parallel. If you rewired them in series when you were installing them into the truck, you'd be golden.
iron_giant
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smcruisin said:
That would be very cool. Do you know off hand if a an element charged with 24v would put off more heat than at 12v. it seems to me it would, then i'd be wary of it getting too hot.
They must make seat heaters made for 24v. the big trucks must have options for them.
there is also the option of running a drop down converter. I would not put 24v to a 12v pad. even in the low setting it would be too hot.
A BJ60 is a 12v truck though. which truck is the heater going into? hj60? check with one of the truck depo in your area.
there is also the option of running a drop down converter. I would not put 24v to a 12v pad. even in the low setting it would be too hot.
A BJ60 is a 12v truck though. which truck is the heater going into? hj60? check with one of the truck depo in your area.
I've thought a little more about series/parallel and resistors, heater wattage, current draw and applied voltage, and I realize that assuming how the volvo heaters are wired is no way to deduce how they should be wired into my truck. (also, it's way too late to be thinking about this kind of stuff)
I agree, a heater designed for 24V would be a 'plug and play' job, but I kind of like figuring out ways of adapting things to applications other than those that were intended.
Cheers,
Steve
I agree, a heater designed for 24V would be a 'plug and play' job, but I kind of like figuring out ways of adapting things to applications other than those that were intended.
Cheers,
Steve
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