Pitot heat breaker tripping, electrical question
Was flying along the other day in and out of the clouds, put on the pitot heat and about a minute later the pitot breaker tripped, went to reset and it would not stay in the ON position after a few minutes I reset it and it stayed in the ON position and all back to normal, then a few minutes later it tripped again, I shut off all the lights avionics etc and it still does the same thing. I know I cant be exceeding the alternator load with everything shut of except the pitot heat so does anyone have any ideas as to whats up and why it takes a few cycles to reset properly then lasts about a minute or two then trips again?