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RVGator
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Date: 10-26-2009
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Number of Hours: 0.00
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Brief Description: Lighted Pitot Heat Toggle
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While at the electronic store I found a switch I plan to use for my pitot heat, this switch will be on the right console, it will be near other toggles and I wanted a way to tactilely differentiate it from the other switches. I did not put it on the forward panel since it is a switch I will use rarely. Since it will not be used much there is a chance of forgetting that it is on. All of my annunciator light slots are spoken for so I can’t put an idiot light there. I found this great toggle switch, it is very robust, much like the other toggle switches, but this switch has a tiny LED light in the tip. Now this will be my indication that the pitot heat is on, it is very bright when you look directly at the light, I may need to find a way to dim it when flying at night, or the old school method of a piece of masking tape over the top. In the photo I used a light to show the power flow to the pitot heat, the switch is temporarily in the hole for the Safety Trim module. I already planned an idiot light in the enunciator stack for the fuel boost pump but this switch would work real nice for this function.
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No flash was used, so you can see its brightness.
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