air conditioned seats

[88XJchief]

I was thinking about putting air conditioned seats in the MJ. I know Ford and GM uses them. I could get them from a new Escalade or something. How hard you you think it would be to make it fit?

[XJLI]

imho, getting them for cheap is the hardest part, if you can, then

as far as getting them in, can you weld? if yes, measure the seats, make brackets.

[crosbike]

question is do you know how they do it?

[Wide-J]

Lincoln Navigatiors and some Sabbs have that option, but it is tied directly into the air conditioning system. I have never seen the inside of the seat though. I bet it would be very expensive to hook that up if you could. The seats wouldnt be cheap (I would think), and a/c hoses with compression fittings (to be adapted from your cooling system to the seat) would be pricey as well. I also wonder about the rest of the a/c system though. If you were to hook them up, would it be able to support the extra cooling now? Here is a link to air conditioned (they claim) seat covers:
www.wholesalecarcovers.com/Products-Summer_Seat_Cover.html

[catch2nd]

Toyota avalons, and lexus use them too, I also believe they are tied into the A/C system, however you could feel air through the perferations in the leather.... so sort of fan in the seat. If you could atleast get the fan working it should provide some cooling!

[XJLI]

thats a good point steve lol- never thought about how they actually cool. easiest way to do it would be to put an electric cooling element in the seat (like those cooling cupholders) still a pita though.

[88XJchief]

This is the way they work

The ventilation blowers are self contained electronic air conditioners consisting of a blower motor with an inlet air filter, thermal electric device (TED), temperature sensor, and waste air duct. The air flow from the blower is divided into 2 streams and directed across both sides of the TED, one side into vent passages through the seat foam and the other out the waste air duct. While the system is operating in either the heat or cool modes both heated and cooled air is generated as it passes across the TED. When voltage is applied to a TED, one side releases energy as heat, while the opposite side absorbs energy and gets cold. Heat or cool modes are determined by the polarity of the supply voltage to the TEDs. The climate control seat modules (CCSM)s rely on inputs from temperature sensors located in the ventilation blowers near the TEDs to control seat temperatures. The thermistors are 2 wire sensors supplied with a 5-volt referenced signal circuit and a low reference circuit from the CCSM. Resistance through the thermistors varies with temperature causing the heated seat sensor signal circuit voltage levels to decrease as the TED temperatures rise. The CCSM monitors the temperature of the air flow into the seat foam and continuously adjusts the blower speed and TED temperature by regulating the current flow through each component.

Thats directly from GM service website.

[Pete]

we offer seat heaters at my shop that also have a fan in them and it moves air on you ass and back so you dont get sweaty. we put one on my dads truck, with the fan going its really refreshing. only problem is you really need perforated leather or cloth. but you get heated seats in the winter and cooled seats in the summer