30-41-00  WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICE SYSTEM Back

A. System Function

The windshield anti-ice system keeps the main windshields, in the flight compartment, clear of the ice in all weather conditions.

B. System Components

The primary components of the system are the:
  • Four windshield anti-ice inverters (Ref. Fig. 2)
  • Four windshield anti-ice controllers (Ref. Fig. 1)
  • Two windshield anti-ice switches (Ref. Fig. 1)
  • Four windshield heater elements
  • Two windshield-heat failure indicators (Ref. Fig. 2)
  • Four magnetic indicators

C. System Operation
  1. The four windshield anti-ice inverters and the four windshield anti-ice controllers keep each windshield A panel electrically heated.
  2. The system is an electro-thermal type which supplier power to the heater elements installed in the windshield A panel. Each windshield A panel has two heater elements which are electrically isolated from each other.

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