Pilot135pd
Well Known Member
I’m trying to understand the Dynon AOA Heated Pitot Controller light. It says to wire to switched power so I was going to wire it to the avionics switch so it only got power when avionics was ON. That would have the light ON all the time as long as the pitot heat is turned off and will only go OUT when I turn on the heater and only come back ON if there’s an issue with the heater.
If that’s the case then that light blaring in my eyesight is going to either get tuned out as normal or is going to bother so much I’ll end up turning on the pitot heat even when I don’t need it, just to turn off the light.
The problem I’m worried about is that if there’s a problem with the heater I won’t notice it because I’m so used to seeing that light ON.
Another option would be to wire that light to the same +12vdc on the pitot heater switch so the light only gets power when the heater is ON and has power so the light would only then come on when the heater controller malfunctions BUT then how do I test the light to make sure it’s working?
If that’s the case then that light blaring in my eyesight is going to either get tuned out as normal or is going to bother so much I’ll end up turning on the pitot heat even when I don’t need it, just to turn off the light.
The problem I’m worried about is that if there’s a problem with the heater I won’t notice it because I’m so used to seeing that light ON.
Another option would be to wire that light to the same +12vdc on the pitot heater switch so the light only gets power when the heater is ON and has power so the light would only then come on when the heater controller malfunctions BUT then how do I test the light to make sure it’s working?