Recaro Seats repair

[Sandy]

Ditto the above.

[baldheadedsuperfreak]

i had mine refoaded and recovered for $300 each....but i went with black velour instead of tan leather.... will eventually go back to tan leather.... check your speaker wires under the seat...X4 5/8 bolts hold the seats in...and there are 2 plugs under each seat...speakers and power for the heat and lumbar...

[KHummel66]

Is it possible to put in a relay on the heater circuit to prevent the overheating problem?

[negusm]

You don't want a relay, you would want a thermal cutoff switch or some kind of timer switch.

-Mike

[svo413]

You don't want a relay, you would want a thermal cutoff switch or some kind of timer switch.

-Mike

I was thinking the perfect timer for the seat heaters would be the defrost circuit. I don't know the exact time but it's probably like 5-10 minutes of on time. Since it's not used on the verts., it could easily be added. If you need more time, just hit it again. A thermal switch would be nice but that's a lot of work. Any one know how the heaters are wired? There is one on the back rest and one on the bottom. Are they ins series or in pararrel? I apparently did not take very good notes when I had mine apart..

[negusm]

The way to do it would be to wire a timer switch into the power on switch. There are lots of timer switches out there. You don't need the big and bulky defrost switch.

Switch on the seat, after 5-10 minutes, the power switches off. Turn the seat off and then on, resetting the timer and you get another interval of time.

I guess, technically speaking it would act as a relay since a relay is just a big switch also.

This is what you want:
http://relays.tycoelectronics.com/datasheets/VTM4.pdf

Put that between the seat's on-switch and the relay powering the heating unit. Adjust the time and you're done.

I am assuming there is a relay already in the seat and not all the power is routed through the seat's switch.

-Mike