Any one using heated seats with an Aerovee?

[Fastcapy]

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[MichaelFarley56]

My biggest fear would be the amperage draw of the seats. Any idea what the power draw is? Most alternators recommend a max continuous draw of 80% which for us means you only want to pull 16 amps out of the AeroVee.

If the airplane is using at least a few amps to run systems, that doesn't leave a whole lot of power to run seat heaters.

Just as a thought...have you looked into battery powered heated seats, gloves, socks, etc? I'm sure the cost will go up, but that may be an easy answer to give you some needed heat without running into power draw problems.

Either way, let us know how things go! I'm sure a lot of people will be interested in your solution.

[marsolgp]

The AeroVee alternator is your limiting factor….. I had heat muff last year, was O.K. removed it this year and went with battery heated jacket (7.4volt) and heated socks (3 AAA batteries each) Much better than muff and the batteries last several hours.

[billmaxmcw]

Motorcyclists use several types of heated clothing regularly; check out cycle supply stores.
Bill

[GWMotley]

I have been using Gerbing heated clothing plugged in to a 12 volt supply with good success.

[fastj22]

Jeff Schultz told me he installed them in his Sonex. Says they draw 5A. Slide in between the fabric and the foam.

[vigilant104]

Ahh, I think I saw that offer too, in a Menards advertisement.
I'm tempted, but a bit concerned about electric resistance heating placed under my very-dear-to-me deriere inside an airplane. There's not much scarier to contemplate than a fire in an airplane, but having a short-circuit under my tush while trying to fly might be a close second. The parts that get coldest are my hands and face, so I'm not sure how useful the heated seat would be at any rate.

But I've thought about it.