Commanders-
Does anyone have a fool-proof method for testing the fuel vent heaters?
On a whim I decided to test them by turning on the battery, connecting the
buses and activating the L/R Pitot and Fuel Vent heaters.
Pitots heated up enough that you could fry an egg- but the fuel probes did
not warm even slightly.
This made me wonder if the fuel vent heaters are load-shed without a
generator on-line? (Yes yes- sometimes I have trouble keeping the big
airplane stuff and the Commander stuff segregated in my brain..you should
have seen me flaring at an eyeball height of 70'.. HAHAHAH.. Oh
boy..fortunately it turned out okay for everyone except my ego.)
We're getting into the ugly part of the icing season out here- and I'm going
to be making a bunch of trips over the mountains during the winter- so I
want to make sure my ice survival equipment is in top working condition.
Robert S. Randazzo
N414C
