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Old 8th Jan 2010, 07:27
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englishal

 
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Well you check it to make sure it works. I check it by feeling whether it gets hot or not.

You can use the pitot heat to put a load on the alternator as it is a relatively high current device, and thus checking the alternator is working ok....
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