Service difficulty report · Anode Terminal · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
November 25, 2003
Submitted
December 2, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N506UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
24627
Aircraft time
45,011 hours, 17,024 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Anode Terminal
Condition
Failed
Location
Video Monitor
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ELEC BURNING ODOR EMANATING FROM VIDEO MONITOR. MONITOR WAS REPLACED. FOUND UNIT TO EMIT AN ELECTRICAL ODOR UPON INITIAL POWER UP TESTING. UNIT HAD A FAILURE OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE CRT ANODE TERMINAL OF THE FLYBACK TRANSFORMER. THIS FAILURE IS RARE.