RE: Saab heated seat FAQ

Racki, Senen [Ontario] (Senen.Racki@ec.gc.ca)
Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:36:29 -0400

I haven't taken them apart myself, but I walked in on my father
as he was doing the job and it looked like a fairly simple task. He
also bypassed the thermostat on both seats and repaired the heating pad
on the driver's side. It really worked well after that, but shouldn't
use them unless you're actually sitting in the car. In other words,
don't start the car, turn on the heaters, then clean the snow off your
car. The time may be too long and the heat might built up too much.
I've never let it go that far so I don't know what temperature the
elements are capable of achieving. It's no big deal to toggle them
on/off while driving to maintain a comfortable state.

Senen

P.S. Come to think of it, he used regular solder to repair the
heater and the unit still works perfectly. I guess the heat generated
is not _that_ hot...

> Speaking of heated seats: Has anyone gotten inside a 505 seat to
> access the heating coil/thermostat? In my opinion, my heater shuts
> off too soon. It heats up in winter, but then the thermostat kicks in
> and no more heating. Sometimes I would like to make the seat really
> toasty, and would therefore like to disable the thermostat and operate
> the seats totally manually.
>
> Is getting into the seats more trouble than it's worth??
>
> Rick
> Thinking about those cold winter days in the middle of July!
>
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> From: Alanh[SMTP:alanh@dhp.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 1997 6:25 AM
> To: peugeot@tesla.tor.ec.gc.ca
> Subject: Saab heated seat FAQ
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> I found a FAQ on heated seats on a Saab page, and after reading it I
> found
> it very informative. The contruction of the seats sounds very close to
> the
> Peugeot, and seems to suffer from the same problems.
>
> http://www.warp.org/tsn/archive/files/faq/heatseat.html
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