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March 27th 04, 10:19 AM
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rip
It might be possible? Use an inverter and diode rectifirer of the resulting A/C or just run on A/C. One of our retired electrical engineers could probably come op with a set of plans to build or how to modify a commercial Inverter (12DC/110VAC) you can buy anyplace. A basic question. How many homebuilts are IFR certified and are flown in icing conditions and need a heated pitot tube? Big John (I been lurking troops  )On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:57:43 GMT, rip wrote: No. A 28 volt pitot on a 14 volt system will only develop 1/4 of the design wattage. I feel your pain; the price of pitot tubes these days is absolutely, downright obscene. Rip B2431 wrote: Will running a 28 volt pitot tube heat on 12 volts heat it enough to use? I keep seeing 28 volt pitot tubes on e-bay and was wondering if they would do the job. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired 
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