Hello everybody,
I found front heated seats from a Swedish bx with the original loom.
Does anybody know where I can connect them on my bx please? on the 12V accessories connector on the back of the central console? or the rear electrical windows switch?
I've made a schema of the loom I have:
The brown connectors on the right are to connect on the seats.
Thanks
fred
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Re: Heated seats
I'd have thought there would be quite a current draw on them so you wouldn't want any piddly little wires. The 12v feed to the accessories socket is quite thick wire (for a BX anyway!) and seems like a reasonable option. Personally I'd be tempted to run a fresh, fused 12v feed either direct from the battery or fuse box.
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Re: Heated seats
I would assume the right connector between the brown seat connectors should be the - Negative?
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Re: Heated seats
I believe the convention on the BX is to switch things to earth such as the rad fans, interior lights etc so more likely that it would be + and the other side of the switches taken to the negative.Defender110 wrote:I would assume the right connector between the brown seat connectors should be the - Negative?
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Re: Heated seats
Don't suppose it would actually matter which way round would it?Way2go wrote:I believe the convention on the BX is to switch things to earth such as the rad fans, interior lights etc so more likely that it would be + and the other side of the switches taken to the negative.Defender110 wrote:I would assume the right connector between the brown seat connectors should be the - Negative?
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Re: Heated seats
It would if there was some kind of semi-conductor control built into the pad to guard against overheat as that would then 'pop' on a reversed connection. I don't know the type of pad - do you know this to be purely resistive without control that you risk BBQing your bum if left on for a journey on a cold day?Defender110 wrote:Don't suppose it would actually matter which way round would it?Way2go wrote:I believe the convention on the BX is to switch things to earth such as the rad fans, interior lights etc so more likely that it would be + and the other side of the switches taken to the negative.Defender110 wrote:I would assume the right connector between the brown seat connectors should be the - Negative?
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Re: Heated seats
Is the little nobble on his drawing not a thermistor?
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Previous BX's:
A966 XRL -- BX 16 TRS
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B316 AMP -- BX 14 E