Heated seat wiring connectors

richw · 8th March 2020, 20:34

Hi,

I'm looking for some replacement connectors, as a couple of mine have been destroyed. Here is a picture of what I'm on about.

Some genuine connectors with a few inches of cable still on would do. I could then cut off those in the car and join them up.

It's the connectors which take the yellow + orange/white cabling, and split it to the seat back and base pads. There are two different sizes of connector, and they have male and female versions.

Anyone with an old set of seats, or a car they are scrapping?

I guess I could replace the connectors with something else entirely, but I thought I'd try this first!

Cheers,
Richard.

Arctic · 8th March 2020, 23:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by richw

Hi,

I'm looking for some replacement connectors, as a couple of mine have been destroyed. Here is a picture of what I'm on about.

Some genuine connectors with a few inches of cable still on would do. I could then cut off those in the car and join them up.

It's the connectors which take the yellow + orange/white cabling, and split it to the seat back and base pads. There are two different sizes of connector, and they have male and female versions.

Anyone with an old set of seats, or a car they are scrapping?

I guess I could replace the connectors with something else entirely, but I thought I'd try this first!

Cheers,
Richard.

Hi Richard
I will have a look in the Nano meet wiring box tomorrow for you if there are any you can have them FOC

Mickyboy · 9th March 2020, 12:57

If Steve can’t help you out, just give me a shout I’m sure I could cut some off for you
Mick

Arctic · 9th March 2020, 16:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mickyboy

If Steve can’t help you out, just give me a shout I’m sure I could cut some off for you
Mick

Hi Mick.
I think you maybe the best call, I had a quick look and the two sets of electric seat wires I have both do not have the wiring required by the OP

sorry I do have another set somewhere but would have to wait until the weather gets better, therefore as above mick could be your man.

richw · 9th March 2020, 20:53

Thanks guys, I'll send a PM.

GeoffWW · 10th March 2020, 07:30

Hello RichW,
I gave up using the standard connectors you show. On the circuit diagram in Rave, the circuit shows the heating elements in parallel, whilst your picture shows them to be wired in series.
A couple of years ago, I installed the swiss alternative dual heated pads first installed by another Forum Richard ( followed by numbers) the former secretary of the NW Group,. I did not like these as they only heated the centre panels of the seat, so I went back to a new seat element from Rimmers.

After meeting another 75 owner locally last Christmas who only had an element in the base, we got on to talking about how long it took his element to warm up, and he said it was within a couple of hundred yards after switch on he could really feel the heat.

This made me think about using the high/low heat selector switch from Richard's kit, to be able to switch between seat and backrest elements. This gives me fast heating like the other owner's seat and then I switch over to the back heater and that warms up just as quick. Nothing like the 15 minutes or so it took to feel the heat even warm the seat when the elements were connected up in series.

For connectors, I have used simple domestic wire connectors 15 amp rated, bought from B&Q.

Hoping this may help

GeoffWW

9th March 2020, 12:57	#3
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10th March 2020, 07:30	#6
GeoffWW Loves to post Rover 75 CDTi Tourer Connoisseur SE Auto, Also fully restored Mk 2 1966 MG Midget Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Manchester Posts: 314 Thanks: 49 Thanked 59 Times in 46 Posts	Seat heating elements Hello RichW, I gave up using the standard connectors you show. On the circuit diagram in Rave, the circuit shows the heating elements in parallel, whilst your picture shows them to be wired in series. A couple of years ago, I installed the swiss alternative dual heated pads first installed by another Forum Richard ( followed by numbers) the former secretary of the NW Group,. I did not like these as they only heated the centre panels of the seat, so I went back to a new seat element from Rimmers. After meeting another 75 owner locally last Christmas who only had an element in the base, we got on to talking about how long it took his element to warm up, and he said it was within a couple of hundred yards after switch on he could really feel the heat. This made me think about using the high/low heat selector switch from Richard's kit, to be able to switch between seat and backrest elements. This gives me fast heating like the other owner's seat and then I switch over to the back heater and that warms up just as quick. Nothing like the 15 minutes or so it took to feel the heat even warm the seat when the elements were connected up in series. For connectors, I have used simple domestic wire connectors 15 amp rated, bought from B&Q. Hoping this may help GeoffWW

9th March 2020, 20:53	#5
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