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Originally Posted by gpsman1
I don't have heated seats. But what is stopping you all from cutting and splicing a "dimmer switch" from your local hardware store?
Check the AMP draw ( volts is a non-issue ) of the car seat heater, and get a dimmer switch for your car that can take it. Put the FEH on "high" and leave it there, and turn the dimmer down to your perfect liking.
Who can tell me why that won't work?
( like I said, I don't have one, but if I did, I would at least try that )
 -John |
I'm not sure if that would work or not. The temperature is not a constant thing. They heat up to a nice temperature and then aren't actively "warmed" for a while--then they kick in again maybe every 15 minutes. I don't know if that is controlled by a thermostat or just some sort of timer. If it's a thermostat, your solution would work. If it's controlled by something else, you wouldn't neccessarily have the desired result.
Regardless, my experience has been that heated seats don't last long before you start having problems. I developed a short after about a year in the Outback and had the driver's seat unit replaced under warranty. If you were to mod the seat, I doubt Ford would warranty any problems....
Commuter car, grocery getter, and summer road tripper--average 10k miles per year.
Winter road trips and ski trips, bad weather commuter and my wife's "daily" driver--expected average 4k miles per year.
