Heated Seats - anyone interested

[Sturm]

Could the "5 Switch" be utilized to run aftermarket seat-heaters? Electronics noob here.

 

[tubes]

Could the "5 Switch" be utilized to run aftermarket seat-heaters? Electronics noob here.

Assuming they are simple on off switches, they should work, but it will take a little DYI skill to do the proper splicing.

But we know so little about the switches. They may have connectors for the approved accessory lights.

Point is, like most accessories, they are currently light on details. May be bare switches, may have pigtails that have to be undone. Who knows?

 

[slp]

Not interested in heated seats. I have them now but don't use them. Living in Florida might have something to do with that.

 

[peasley]

yeah. Leaf 24/30kwh battery.
That Youtuber would have been better off attaching a 2 stroke chain saw engine to the drive wheels to save battery juice.

Next.

My impression is outside of a. Heat pump, gas is more energy efficient at heating than electric. But electric is more energy efficient for engines..

With that said, heating a chair may be more efficient than the full cabin

 

[Auer]

My impression is outside of a. Heat pump, gas is more energy efficient at heating than electric. But electric is more energy efficient for engines..

With that said, heating a chair may be more efficient than the full cabin

A gas engine produces so much waste heat that warming the cabin is practically free, whereas an EV must spend battery power to stay warm in the winter.

 

[Johnologue]

A gas engine produces so much waste heat that warming the cabin is practically free, whereas an EV must spend battery power to stay warm in the winter.

Somehow, I didn't realize the "missing explosion and friction machine making waste heat" thing was a disadvantage for heating while driving. I've mostly thought of EV climate control in the context of not needing to idle the engine while stopped.

 

[Auer]

Somehow, I didn't realize the "missing explosion and friction machine making waste heat" thing was a disadvantage for heating while driving. I've mostly thought of EV climate control in the context of not needing to idle the engine while stopped.

With electric resistance heating you get 100% efficiency but it eats batteries.

The Slate uses old tech here, resistance heaters (essentially a giant toaster), which draw a lot of power and will reduce the car's range in freezing/cold weather.

 

[Trace26]

I'll probably add them myself, but just on my back. I don't like having a sweaty butt. I may still be relatively young but my back already hurts.

 

[JoeUser]

Had a bunch of EVs, and I would always opt for heated seats. Not a dealbreaker, but definitely nice to have. That said, it needs to be a Swedish seat heater, borderline dangerous. Not the tepid heaters that are in my Chevy.