# Newspaper column answer regarding seat heater use **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [July 16, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newspaper-column-answer-regarding-seat-heater-use/121114 "2018-07-16T16:39:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavidRoselius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@DavidRoselius](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DavidRoselius)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newspaper-column-answer-regarding-seat-heater-use/121114/1 "2018-07-16T16:39:37Z")
Your answer in my July 16 Daily Press, to a question regarding seat heater use while stranded in winter, noted a car battery having a 600 ampere hour capacity. That is high by about a factor of ten, unless the questioner’s car is a hybrid. My own battery doesn’t even vaguely approach that capacity. I don’t know about your specified charging rates, but use of the seat heaters may deplete the battery if the charging rates aren’t as high as you claim. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newspaper-column-answer-regarding-seat-heater-use/121114/2 "2018-07-16T19:07:04Z")
> [@DavidRoselius](#): > > Your answer in my July 16 Daily Press, to a question regarding seat heater use while stranded in winter, noted a car battery having a 600 ampere hour capacity. That is high by about a factor of ten, I agree that seems high for a non-hybrid battery But not by a factor of ten A group 49 battery . . . which is a very common size for several european vehicles . . . is often rated at approximately 100Ah ---
**Author:** ![BillRussell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/billrussell/32/3179_2.png) [@BillRussell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BillRussell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newspaper-column-answer-regarding-seat-heater-use/121114/3 "2018-07-17T16:06:50Z")
duplicate post. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/newspaper-column-answer-regarding-seat-heater-use/121114/4 "2018-07-17T16:22:07Z")
600 Amps may be CCA: Cold Cranking Amps - what a cold battery can put out briefly to turn over an engine.