Those with heated & cooled seats......
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Looking and researching this more, the air actually does not suck into the elongated vent that I circled in red if all operates as intended. The air is pulled through the round puck shaped section with the white filter. So..........I have NO IDEA why air is blowing out of the elongated duct part. I'm going to my dealer to compare with another Defender.
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Update: I haven't gone to my dealer yet to compare with another Defender but.....I verified that my fan is rotating correctly and pulling air through the round filter section and indeed I can feel cool air coming through the perforations in the seat cushion......but, at the same time there is warmer air exhausting or blowing out of the elongated section I circled in red in my pictures above. Note that my climate control was totally off while I tried this. My seat fans are definitely rotating correctly and pulling air through them and into the seat cushions, question is WHY is warmer air exhausting out of the elongated duct work towards the back of my knees/calfs? I annotated the photos attached here so it explains better what I am seeing.
Once I verify with another vehicle at the dealer I'll determine if this is correct standard operating procedure.
Once I verify with another vehicle at the dealer I'll determine if this is correct standard operating procedure.
Last edited by Low Country; 11-01-2021 at 11:11 AM.
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Thanks for the pics, this is really interesting to see. Crazy question, which may take someone like Simon and his team at PowerfulUK to figure out, but I wonder if this under seat fan could be fitted to Defenders that didn't come from factory with "cooled seats"? Mine has heated seats only and here in the south, could use cooling more than heating.
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Thanks for the pics, this is really interesting to see. Crazy question, which may take someone like Simon and his team at PowerfulUK to figure out, but I wonder if this under seat fan could be fitted to Defenders that didn't come from factory with "cooled seats"? Mine has heated seats only and here in the south, could use cooling more than heating.
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Looking and researching this more, the air actually does not suck into the elongated vent that I circled in red if all operates as intended. The air is pulled through the round puck shaped section with the white filter. So..........I have NO IDEA why air is blowing out of the elongated duct part. I'm going to my dealer to compare with another Defender.
I feel like back when I used my cooled seats I felt I small amount of air behind my knees as well, but nothing substantial, and I definitely still felt the cooling from the seat itself, which is why I didn't make much note of it. Is that elongated vent there to essentially equalize pressure depending on how high the cooling is set and who is sitting in the seat? Technically a larger person (not specifically heavier, mind you) would block more of the seat vents so maybe if a certain static pressure is reached, the excess is vented from there to save the fan from excess wear?
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I didn't answer because I haven't been able to test this for you, but for what it's worth:
I feel like back when I used my cooled seats I felt I small amount of air behind my knees as well, but nothing substantial, and I definitely still felt the cooling from the seat itself, which is why I didn't make much note of it. Is that elongated vent there to essentially equalize pressure depending on how high the cooling is set and who is sitting in the seat? Technically a larger person (not specifically heavier, mind you) would block more of the seat vents so maybe if a certain static pressure is reached, the excess is vented from there to save the fan from excess wear?
I feel like back when I used my cooled seats I felt I small amount of air behind my knees as well, but nothing substantial, and I definitely still felt the cooling from the seat itself, which is why I didn't make much note of it. Is that elongated vent there to essentially equalize pressure depending on how high the cooling is set and who is sitting in the seat? Technically a larger person (not specifically heavier, mind you) would block more of the seat vents so maybe if a certain static pressure is reached, the excess is vented from there to save the fan from excess wear?
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