Switches for seat heaters
  • Warren Wing
    3
    I have a customer that wants heated seats on a 60’s era pick up truck. He is worried that the switches won’t fit in with the vehicle era. Does anyone know of quality seat heaters that come with an old fashion/classic looking switch? Or are the switches for seat heaters electromechanical and I can use any type switch? I don’t know if seat heater switches have electronics built into them to control the seat heaters or if I can use a standard switch to control a module that controls the seat heaters. Has anyone used different switches than what came with the seat heaters to keep with the classic car feel?
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  • Matt Sonnenburg
    15
    I don't know of any but in those situation and even in newer vehicles I have sourced stock switches so it looks factory. Maybe you can find a switch for something else from that era so it looks original.
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  • Wayne Munro
    2
    could you mount the switches out of sight like on the front of the seat, the side of the seat, or maybe in the ashtray?
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  • Warren Wing
    3
    Thanks for the comments! I will have to look at both of those options when I get the truck in. If I can find a place to put the switch out of sight that would be easiest I believe.
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  • Peter Pittel
    11
    Check Corp makes a flat adhesive backed membrane switch that can easily be hidden anywhere.
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  • Warren Wing
    3
    I will have to look at that. I there a reputable source for seat heaters? I see them selling for anywhere from $39 up to $500 a heater. What heaters have installers have good results with?
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  • Peter Pittel
    11
    I use Check Corp, but I know of people using Roadwire. Most of them are the same from
    what I have seen.
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  • Nadeem Muaddi
    86
    ↪Wayne Munro
    Exactly my thoughts. Just hide the switch.
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  • Keith Mayne
    38
    Quite possibly you could use a low current switch that looks correct and use it to opperate a relay.
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  • Warren Wing
    3
    I talked the customer into letting me hide the switch. I really appreciate everyone’s comments. I am going to try the Alea seat heaters.
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  • Adam Tuhkala
    2
    You could also get a different style switch that looks more OEM and re-wire it
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