ACHINBAC
Silver Member
As you guys know it's hard to stay warm on a cabless tractor unless you get off to shovel and warm up from time to time. See the pics for my solution.
The beige liner zips into the red shell, or can be worn under any coat. I stitched on (I sew better than the bride hate to admit) the red collar cut from the sleeve of an old fleece coat and lined it back and forth with 32' of 32ga teflon coated 7 strand wire - about the size that was used to feed your old turntable needle. Coat can be plugged into any RC type battery pack or into the black power pack you see in the picture (55watthr variable from 5 to 19 volts). The glove liners plug into the wires fed through the sleeves of the coat liner which can also plug into the tractor's accesory outlet.
The gloves together draw 25 watts as does the collar @ 12 volts - which absolutely cooks my neck especially with the hood up. I normally run them @ 7.2 or 9.6 volts off the nickel metal packs (both 4500 mah) or off the power pack which lets me choose the voltage.
Had thought about heating more of the liner but found if your neck and hands are cookin' you're golden + would kill the batteries too quick. Can get about an hour if I leave the neck and hands on and way more if I intermittantly turn them on and off + can carry a spare pack which I do skiing.
Dave
The beige liner zips into the red shell, or can be worn under any coat. I stitched on (I sew better than the bride hate to admit) the red collar cut from the sleeve of an old fleece coat and lined it back and forth with 32' of 32ga teflon coated 7 strand wire - about the size that was used to feed your old turntable needle. Coat can be plugged into any RC type battery pack or into the black power pack you see in the picture (55watthr variable from 5 to 19 volts). The glove liners plug into the wires fed through the sleeves of the coat liner which can also plug into the tractor's accesory outlet.
The gloves together draw 25 watts as does the collar @ 12 volts - which absolutely cooks my neck especially with the hood up. I normally run them @ 7.2 or 9.6 volts off the nickel metal packs (both 4500 mah) or off the power pack which lets me choose the voltage.
Had thought about heating more of the liner but found if your neck and hands are cookin' you're golden + would kill the batteries too quick. Can get about an hour if I leave the neck and hands on and way more if I intermittantly turn them on and off + can carry a spare pack which I do skiing.
Dave
I know they sell socks with 9 volt clips to warm your feet. 