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Old 09-10-2008, 03:15 PM   #77 (permalink)
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TDI Cup - '10 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Street
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
One mistake in that, which makes the concept unworkable. The Peltier junction uses a LARGE amount of electricity relative to the amount of cooling produced. The standard car A/C would use much less power - and you could run some plumbing to duct cool air to the seats.
This post, referencing what looks like the exact same seat cover shows that this seat cooler only uses 30W of power. It runs off 12VDC and draws under 3 amps.
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