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Sargent heated seat installation advice? - mojoguzzi - 11-08-2024
Hi all,
I have the heated seat but I've not installed it on my 2020 RS. A bit afeared of running foul of the canbus. Any overall advice? I did read of someone tapping into the GPS loom. Would love it if someone had some detail, to include photos.
Thanks in advance!
RE: Sargent heated seat installation advice? - Grumpy Goat - 11-08-2024
Overall advice - Use a Healtech Thunderbox. Connect it to your battery and then all accessories to it. Works great on my Tiger.
RE: Sargent heated seat installation advice? - Motorhead1977 - 11-08-2024
My Sargent seat is also heated and I haven't installed the heater function yet. Partly because I wasn't sure about wiring it in and partly because I rarely ride in temps where I need a heated seat.
RE: Sargent heated seat installation advice? - Grumpy Goat - 11-08-2024
(11-08-2024, 07:20 PM)Motorhead1977 Wrote: My Sargent seat is also heated and I haven't installed the heater function yet. Partly because I wasn't sure about wiring it in and partly because I rarely ride in temps where I need a heated seat.
Here in Houston I use my heated seat more than I use the heated grips, it’s that nice. Of course I’m referring to the Tiger.
RE: Sargent heated seat installation advice? - colirv - 11-09-2024
(11-08-2024, 04:54 PM)Grumpy Goat Wrote: Overall advice - Use a Healtech Thunderbox. Connect it to your battery and then all accessories to it. Works great on my Tiger.
The Fuzeblocks FZ-1 is a good alternative. That's what I have on my RT.
RE: Sargent heated seat installation advice? - mojoguzzi - 11-12-2024
Thanks.
This article talks about using the HEX exCAN (which I do have), but it also says that the installation instructions for the seats don't support that. Any cons to tapping into a turn signal vis-a-vis canbus? I hate to lose my rear taillights for the seat, but I'm also not wild about major wiring issues.