Cooled seats in a buggy......

paradisepwoffrd · Jun 1, 2016

Re: Re: Cooled seats in a buggy......

gottagofast said:
Interesting... Thx... Hadn't considered looking for squirrel cage blowers... Could probably mount em to my A/C plenum and use flexible hose from them to the seats

I also have an asthmatic friend who could benefit from cool filtered air piped into a helmet... Darth Vader style

Idk how it would hold up, but this would work great for a helmet duct: http://www.surpluscenter.com/Electrical/Blowers-Fans/Miscellaneous-Blower-Fan-Items/STEPPER-MOTOR-DRIVEN-LOW-FLOW-BLOWER-16-1450.axd

gottagofast · Jun 1, 2016

Neat!

I'll probably have 2 big blowers and just run one to each seat...

Was considering something like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=bilge+blower&client=safari&sa=X&hl=en&biw=480&bih=269&tbs=vw:l&tbm=shop&prmd=svin&srpd=5136497878709296974&prds=num:1,of:1,paur:ClkAsKraX9q9UJ72yopgcrDAlJsOcOBMKWP44Vbl23YqjWzUtdXMHzTK3Z4Eac1MMFVva_NKK8HtO-Sm8VeCZxOIKBePwcMUo_N_9_eKl1VLxBH8R112yJ7e_hIZAFPVH7172IFe-5nyWkI5OengPHGkHEGYDw&ved=0ahUKEwjd7sXrl4jNAhXKNSYKHeckDpIQgjYIygMwDg&ei=LYtPV52kKMrrmAHnybiQCQ

paradisepwoffrd · Jun 2, 2016

Re: Re: Cooled seats in a buggy......

gottagofast said:
Neat!

I'll probably have 2 big blowers and just run one to each seat...

Was considering something like this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=bilge+blower&client=safari&sa=X&hl=en&biw=480&bih=269&tbs=vw:l&tbm=shop&prmd=svin&srpd=5136497878709296974&prds=num:1,of:1,paur:ClkAsKraX9q9UJ72yopgcrDAlJsOcOBMKWP44Vbl23YqjWzUtdXMHzTK3Z4Eac1MMFVva_NKK8HtO-Sm8VeCZxOIKBePwcMUo_N_9_eKl1VLxBH8R112yJ7e_hIZAFPVH7172IFe-5nyWkI5OengPHGkHEGYDw&ved=0ahUKEwjd7sXrl4jNAhXKNSYKHeckDpIQgjYIygMwDg&ei=LYtPV52kKMrrmAHnybiQCQ

That'd probly work. I wonder how loud it is? Not that it's s big deal for our rigs but it would be nice if it didn't sound like a radiator fan when it fired up.

gottagofast · Jun 2, 2016

They aren't too bad plus they're sealed so wrapping a bit of insulation around it wouldn't hurt a thing.

The Luke · Jun 3, 2016

We ran those on some of our equipment at the lab. Not going to lie, ours were enclosed in a cabinet and you could hear them humming all day. They do move a ton of air tho. Might be ok if insulated somehow and mounted on some rubber bushings or something.

gottagofast · Jun 3, 2016

Variable speed will help too

bbone · Jun 6, 2016

http://www.championseatheaters.com/content/about.html

fordcontraption01 · Jun 7, 2016

Sometimes when mine sits outside a few days and I don't put my seat covers on the seats and just throw a tarp over it and it gets a lot of rain on it obviously the seats get wet. So I have to sit on a garbage bag for the day and that makes my ass a little cooler but not wet. :woot:

rajincajingt · Jun 8, 2016

i have one of these in my c30 and its every bit as effective as the ones in my 2014 ford expedition.

http://www.amazon.com/Viotek-Accessory-Cooled-Cushion-AM-VT-SC-C-TAN/dp/B00K1N43R2

not a bad install, but you loose the foot room behind the seats.