carb ice

[john smith]

Tony Woolner wrote:
> Will using the jpi gauge on my Warrior correctly prvent the formation of
> carbutetor ice?

No, carburetor heat will prevent the formation of carburetor ice.
I wasn't aware JPI made a carburetor inlet temperature gauge.

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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:29:08 -0400, Tony Woolner >
wrote:

>Will using the jpi gauge on my Warrior correctly prvent the formation of
>carbutetor ice?

I don't think any gauge will prevent carb ice but I have a Lamar
Iceman instrument that is supposed to detect it by way of a probe in
the carb. Light passes across a gap and if the light transmission is
occluded, it signals that there's ice in the carb. Or the literature
says it does. I had it installed and to this day I don't know if it
works. The company didn't offer help to my installation shop about how
to wire the audio into my panel. So it sits there, never used. But it
wouldn't prevent icing even if it worked.

[Bob Miller]

We had an "Iceman" in the (O-360) Mooney for a couple of years. The
instrument worked very well and detected the ice right when it was
starting to form. For education, we tried letting the ice build up
but at cruise power settings, the Lyco O-360 seems pretty resistant.
We removed the indicator and sold it to a Skylane owner for reasons
unrelated to its performance. If I had a Skylane, it would be more
important to me

> I don't think any gauge will prevent carb ice but I have a Lamar
> Iceman instrument that is supposed to detect it by way of a probe in
> the carb. Light passes across a gap and if the light transmission is
> occluded, it signals that there's ice in the carb. Or the literature
> says it does. I had it installed and to this day I don't know if it
> works.

[Tony Woolner]

Will using the jpi gauge on my Warrior correctly prvent the formation of
carbutetor ice?

[Tony Woolner]

thanks,
tonyw

wrote:

> On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:29:08 -0400, Tony Woolner >
> wrote:
>
> >Will using the jpi gauge on my Warrior correctly prvent the formation of
> >carbutetor ice?
>
> I don't think any gauge will prevent carb ice but I have a Lamar
> Iceman instrument that is supposed to detect it by way of a probe in
> the carb. Light passes across a gap and if the light transmission is
> occluded, it signals that there's ice in the carb. Or the literature
> says it does. I had it installed and to this day I don't know if it
> works. The company didn't offer help to my installation shop about how
> to wire the audio into my panel. So it sits there, never used. But it
> wouldn't prevent icing even if it worked.

[Tony Woolner]

leaning the mixture as well as carb heat should melt carbice?

john smith wrote:

> Tony Woolner wrote:
> > Will using the jpi gauge on my Warrior correctly prvent the formation of
> > carbutetor ice?
>
> No, carburetor heat will prevent the formation of carburetor ice.
> I wasn't aware JPI made a carburetor inlet temperature gauge.