I have the Mastercraft heated seats. When it gets cold enough that driving w/ the top down no longer feels tolerable, in whatever you're wearing, the heated seats seem to give you another 10 degrees or so of over all comfort.
My switches are wired up on the center console, to the right of the auto shifter. Couldn't tell you much about the wiring beyond that.
One important aspect of running wire is to ensure you have the appropriate wire gauge for the circuit. The gauge is determined on the voltage, expected max amp draw and length of the circuit. The circuit is the total length of wire from source to ground. In other words, if you run 10 feet of pos and 10 feet of negative, your circuit is 20 feet.
For example, for the Check Corporation LUX 201MPR listed above, the max draw is 10 amps (See the installation manual on the Quadratec's web site. If you had a 20 foot circuit , you could use 16 gauge wire.
The installation guidelines will tell you what size fuse to use. From the diagram on the install instructions on the LUx 201MPR, for a single unit, a 7.5 amp fuse is required and for a twin unit, a 15 amp fuse is required.
The circuit you tie into must be able to handle the entire load of everything on the circuit. So if you tie into the rear wiper circuit, the main circuit (wire and fuses) needs to be sized correctly.
Honestly, if I was to put these into my vehicle, i'd install my own accessory fuse panel wired directly to the battery with a relay cut the power when the ignition is off.
I just did this mod this past summer when it was warm. I don't understand why I never did this upgrade sooner. Warm heated seats are awesome! I went wheeling earlier this month and it was during icy conditions. The seat heaters made for a nice and toasty environment inside the Jeep .
I bought this waterproof set and used this great writeup:
I used the crimestopper heated seats in my Durango. Best price I found was Wal-Mart online for 75.00 for the pair. I have had them for two without any problems. I wired them to separate fuses as the fuse taps I got from autozone only had a 10 load rating.
No-name universal heaters off of Ebay. They look just like the Dorman, but who knows. In any case, I've tapped off the switched accessory fuse for both, and each is fused separately at 10 amps.
The switches are mounted in the console (as are the relays and most of the wiring), right behind the shifter. At $60 for the pair, not a bad deal. I've had them for over2 years, with no issues. Both work nicely, and heat up in just a couple of minutes.
Nice to have in the winter while waiting for the heater, or any other time when the back is sore/hurting.
05LJTampa hasn't logged in since 2016, but I thought I'd share my experience.
I've installed 3 of these LINK on 3 of our Jeeps. All underneath Bartact seats covers and all do a great job.
All Jeeps were JKs but most of it still applies. The first Jeep I tapped the cigarette lighter, not enough juice. From there I installed all of them into an accessory panel off the battery and separate from the jeeps fuse box. Zero issues doing it this way.
Good luck! :thumb:
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