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BBalsaBat reacted to jakej's post in the thread Sheilded, Unsheilded, or twisted wire for Pitot Heat? with
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FWIW - I've never used "shielded wire" for Pitot heat power supply (16awg) & never had any issues (also in my composite IFR plane) ;) -
BBalsaBat reacted to Rhino's post in the thread Sheilded, Unsheilded, or twisted wire for Pitot Heat? with Like.
You can use shielded wire out of an abundance of caution if you want, but you shouldn't need it since you're just routing a ground...
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BBalsaBat reacted to Rhino's post in the thread Sheilded, Unsheilded, or twisted wire for Pitot Heat? with Like.
The controller already has wires on it for connecting to the pitot, and should be mounted close enough to the pitot to not require any...
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BBalsaBat replied to the thread Sheilded, Unsheilded, or twisted wire for Pitot Heat?.Thanks Bob. Just to be clear, I was talking about the wires from my panel to the controller, not controller to pitot. But I take it...
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BBalsaBat replied to the thread Whisky compass near SV Classic D1000?.Well, this is probably a pointless addition, but ... I was considering adding a wet compass for awhile -- despite dual ADAHRS -- just...
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BBalsaBat posted the thread Sheilded, Unsheilded, or twisted wire for Pitot Heat? in Installing SkyView.I was wondering what is "proper" pitot heat wire? It appears that 14 gauge is probably the minimum red/black power wire size for my...