Question. My Wife is insisting the Driver's Heated seat in her 2010 TSX is no longer working like it did.

She believes it should go on high temp (when set that way) and maintain that temp.
Low setting allows it to cycle hot then warm.
Dealer states even on high it will heat to max then cool down to a certain temp then cycle again up to high.

Which is correct??

Thanks

what the dealer says makes more sense. there's no way for a coil to maintain a specific temp w/o cycling itself on and off.

The basics are covered in the manual. Low setting maintains a constant low heat. The high heat cycles the heating elements on and off.

It always cycles, if not all men would end up sterile

Not quite true. The laws of physics that relate to the flow of electrons state that we can place another passive resistant element in line with the load element and by dropping voltage across that second element, we effectively reduce the amount of power flowing through the load element. So, we don't have to modulate the current to maintain a given temperature. We can simply place a resistor inline with the heating element and maintain a constant temp in the heater with a constant voltage.

Interesting to note that the resistor and the heating element are, electronically speaking, the same type of component; they both present resistance to current flow, drop voltage, and dissipate energy as heat which in one case is used to heat your ass and in the other is simply thrown away.

Having said all that I suspect that they use a hybrid system, with constant power for the low setting and modulated power for the high setting, because when modulated at full current the heater element heats-up real fast which is what you want to warm-up a cold-soaked seat, whereas a constant low heat is soothing without generating hot spots.

Damn, shoulda gotten heated seats 15 years ago, 11 years ago, and 19 months ago, respectively.

For me, certain electronic conversations replicate vaginal silicosis.

Is that how old ur son is heavy? Lol

well arent you a smarty pants? electrical engineering is not my forte

Yup, 14 yo daughter, 10 yo boy/girl twins..........






7 month old son.


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Sorry, couldn't stop once I got started...

Funny stuff but thanks but thanks all

I'm totally confused. What does silicosis have to do with female genitalia?