Adding Heat to a Stock Seat

[Bob Denman]

"T",
Quarter-inch... Thanks! :thumbup:
Time to decide if I can gather up enough bravery, for this sort of thing... :shocked:

 

[Texas]

Good luck Bob. It isn't what I would consider to be a hard project. It is more time consuming than anything else, but I'm sure the second you hit that heat switch so you can keep riding another hour or more, it will all be worth it. :thumbup:

 

[Texas]

Thanks Roger. I wonder how many of us there are now.

 

[Texas]

I wrapped up this project late last night. Roger, my question for you is do you feel a lot of heat from these units (like with a traditional heated seat), and do your seats heat up quickly? Do you feel any noticeable heat on the low setting, or do you always use the high setting?

The reason I ask; even though I tested the pads before I installed them, and felt them heat up, just turning them on for 5 minutes while sitting in the garage with the key on accessory (RT was not started), I felt a light amount of heat, but it didn't feel anywhere as hot as my stock BMW or Triumph seats (I don't know if those seats are traditional wire or carbon fiber).

 

[Motorcycledave]

Do it yourself HEAT DEMON seat heaters in stock

I stock and sell the Heat Demon seat heaters you can install yourself it is easy.
Kit Features, Independent Heat Control for each seat warmer, Hi / Lo rocker switch
30 watt carbon fiber seat warmers
Easy do it yourself installation
Reverse Polarity and short circuit protection
Low Voltage auto shut off feature
DC Direct Power Port rated at 10 Amps
Switch can be mounted to the seat or in the body

And now you know the rest of the story.... "sounds like Paul Harvey" :thumbup:
Ride Safe
Dave

This question could apply to any Spyder for that matter, but of course I am really wondering if anyone has added heating elements to their stock RT seat. The 2014 stock seat is very comfortable to me, so I have no interest in upgrading the seat to another. Has anyone done this, or thought about doing this? This is definately something I would like to pursue.

 

[Motorcycledave]

They are great and they work well until some one steals it :yikes:while your inside having coffee or ?????

This is what I purchased. I'm extremely happy with it!

http://www.thepropad.com/heated-gel-seat-pads/

 

[Texas]

very rarely do I ever have them on high and then it's not for long.

Are you sure they were powered up with the key on?

Yes, they were powered up, lights on, key on accessory, but the engine was not started (maybe it needs to be to deliver the proper current flow). Maybe I just didn't give it long enough. This weekend we'll test it on our rides.

 

[SNOOPY]

Yes, they were powered up, lights on, key on accessory, but the engine was not started (maybe it needs to be to deliver the proper current flow). Maybe I just didn't give it long enough. This weekend we'll test it on our rides.

I would guess that anything that draws higher amps like a heating device is on the side of the system that requires the engine running so that it doesn't draw down and kill the battery.

Only high amp draw item that usually is not are headlamps on most vehicles, I guess for safety reasons.

 

[Texas]

Well, we went out on a nice ride Saturday. I told my wife to turn her seat on, and see how long it takes to get warm. I turned mine on as well. Within 30 seconds I felt a significant amount of heat, my wife also said that her seat was getting quite warm as well. Was this because the bike was running, going done the road at 45 mph, or what? I don't know, but they work, and they work well. :thumbup:

 

[NancysToy]

Well, we went out on a nice ride Saturday. I told my wife to turn her seat on, and see how long it takes to get warm. I turned mine on as well. Within 30 seconds I felt a significant amount of heat, my wife also said that her seat was getting quite warm as well. Was this because the bike was running, going done the road at 45 mph, or what? I don't know, but they work, and they work well. :thumbup:

It depends on how you wired it. The Spyder has a load shedding relay that controls several circuits, of the engine must be running to energize those, you can't merely turn the key on. If you use one of those circuits to feed the accessory or to trigger an auxiliary fuse block, the connected loads will need to have the engine running to work.