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| Moe-rosspistons | Re: Fuel Vent heat Test? | |||
| Moe-rosspistons | Re: Fuel Vent heat Test? | |||
| Robert S. Randazzo | Fuel Vent heat Test? | |||
| Moe-rosspistons | Re: Fuel Vent heat Test? |
Subject: RE: Fuel Vent heat Test? From: mike floyd (floydgm@hotmail.com) Date: Mon Nov 17 - 7:06 AM Fill a cup with ice water and submerge the vents wait a few minutes and the n turn them on. Or remove the vent heaters and put them in the freezer=2C u sing an ohmeter see if there is continuity through the thermostats. From: moe-rosspistons@hotmail.comTo: commander-list@matronics.comSubject: R e: Fuel Vent heat Test?Date: Mon=2C 17 Nov 2008 06:51:26 -0 800 Robert=2C The fuel vent heaters and the lift detector (stall warning switch) have tem perature control on them so that they will not feel hot to the touch. The f uel vent heaters (at least on my bird) do not feel hot on a cold day=2C how ever they are warmer than the surrounding under wing skin. If you get a de finitive answer about testing please share. Quite some time ago I made a s imilar post and did not get a complete reply from anyone. Moe N680RR Proud Holder of The Golden Pedal Award From: Robert S. Randazzo Sent: Monday=2C November 17=2C 2008 2:20 AM To: commander-list@matronics.com Subject: Fuel Vent heat Test? 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=2C connecting th e 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 genera tor on-line? (Yes yes- sometimes I have trouble keeping the big airplane stuff and the Commander stuff segregated in my brain=85.you should have see n me flaring at an eyeball height of 70=92.. HAHAHAH=85. Oh boy=85.fortunat ely it turned out okay for everyone except my ego=85) We=92re getting into the ugly part of the icing season out here- and I=92m going to be making a bunch of trips over the mountains during the winter- s o I want to make sure my ice survival equipment is in top working condition . Robert S. Randazzo N414C href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/chr ef="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Commander-List">http://www.matroni cs.com/Navigator?Commander-List href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com _________________________________________________________________ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious emai l. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safe ty_112008
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