I wrapped up work on the heated pitot by wiring up its electrical connector. I purchased the pitot as used-serviceable from our local flying club; got a great price, but the connector wasn’t with the pitot. That meant buying one from Aircraft Spruce for the exorbitant price of $57.75. But it has an inspection stamp on it, so it must be worth the price. Soldering the pins on the connector was no problem; 14 gauge Tefzel wire was chosen to support the expected 10 amp current draw from one of the cockpit electrical busses. Here are the soldered pins…

Connector pins soldered

The only tricky parts here were routing wires to the connector so that it could be removed with the pitot tube, and installing the ground such that the crimp connector could be visually inspected and disconnected if necessary. Some plastic tubing and a couple of tie-wraps made a good standoff.

Pitot heat wiring