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Carbon Fiber Heating Pads

In each seat is a two section heating pad wired in parallel. The heating pads are resistors which when powered produce radiant heat.

The seat base heating element also contains a temperature sensor for feedback to provide the temperature regulation output control.

Fig 1: Identifying Carbon Fiber Heating Pads
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