So, it turns out that the heated steering wheel uses more than a single seat.
Inspired by the Volt post in their forum, I decided to take my ammeter to by Bolt and measure what was happening with both the heated seats and steering wheel.
Long story short:
One Seat:
- High 35W
- Medium 28W
- Low 20W
Steering Wheel: 47W
The values for the seats are odd. Regardless of the setting, when you turn them on they start at 3.85A and drop pretty quickly to 3.5A until the seat is at the desired temperature.
On high, this then alternates between 3.5A and 1.8A with 50/50 cycle (every 10 seconds).
On medium, this alternates between 10 seconds at 3.5A and 6 seconds off.
On low this is 8 seconds on full, 10 seconds off.
With both seats running at full, it was roughly 5A (65W) average, bounced around a lot.
The steering wheel starts at 6A, decreases over time to 3.6A continuous.
12V rail voltage was almost exactly 13V at this time
#Science
Inspired by the Volt post in their forum, I decided to take my ammeter to by Bolt and measure what was happening with both the heated seats and steering wheel.
Long story short:
One Seat:
- High 35W
- Medium 28W
- Low 20W
Steering Wheel: 47W
The values for the seats are odd. Regardless of the setting, when you turn them on they start at 3.85A and drop pretty quickly to 3.5A until the seat is at the desired temperature.
On high, this then alternates between 3.5A and 1.8A with 50/50 cycle (every 10 seconds).
On medium, this alternates between 10 seconds at 3.5A and 6 seconds off.
On low this is 8 seconds on full, 10 seconds off.
With both seats running at full, it was roughly 5A (65W) average, bounced around a lot.
The steering wheel starts at 6A, decreases over time to 3.6A continuous.
12V rail voltage was almost exactly 13V at this time
#Science