Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Lear 45LEAR

Difficulty date
September 30, 2004
Submitted
September 30, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lear 45LEAR
Aircraft serial
450150
Aircraft time
1,116 hours, 924 cycles
Part
Wire Harness
Part number
024081000
Part serial
00386
Condition
Mispinned
Location
Battery
Component
Battery · Saft
Component part number
277814
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

WHILE PERFORMING THE OPERATIONAL CHECKS ON BATTERY, BOTH THE T1 (140 DEGREE) SWITCH AND T2 (160 DEGREE) SWITCH WERE IMPROPERLY WIRED. TEMP SWITCH T1 WAS WIRED TO PINS C AND D INSTEAD OF PINS C AND E AND SWITCH T2 WAS WIRED TO PINS E AND F INSTEAD OF PINS D AND F. IN EVENT OF THERMAL RUNAWAY ON THE AC, 160 DEGREE SWITCH NOT ONLY PROVIDES A RED CAS AND CREW MWP BATT OVHT INDICATION BUT ALSO REMOVES THE BATTERY FROM CHARGING CIRCUIT, WITH THIS DEFECTIVE SWITCH HARNESS INSTALLED NOT ONLY WOULD A THERMALLY UNSTABLE BATTERY BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO CHARGE AND RUNAWAY BUT CREW WOULD NOT HAVE INDICATION THAT EVENT IS TAKING PLACE.IF THEY HAD EICAS CONFIGURED TO VIEW A PAGE OTHER THAN THE SUMMARY OR ELECTRICAL PAGES.