Service difficulty report · Circuit Board

Difficulty date
February 28, 2006
Submitted
March 15, 2006
Operation
General aviation
System (JASC)
2422 · AC Inverter
Part
Circuit Board
Part number
2001012
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Inverter
Component
Static Inverter · Marathon
Component part number
PC350
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
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

RECEIVED STATIC INVERTER FOR OVERHAUL. PRELIMINARY INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) HAD BEEN MODIFIED WITH IC SOCKETS. THE IC CHIPS WERE INSTALLED IN THE SOCKETS AND SEALED WITH A SILICONE LIKE SUBSTANCE RATHER THAN BEING SOLDERED DIRECTLY INTO THE PCB. JUMPER WIRE INSTALLED ON NON COMPONENT SIDE OF PCB. POOR (COLD) SOLDER JOINTS THROUGHOUT THE PCB NO SEALANT (CONFORMAL COATING) APPLIED TO NON COMPONENT SIDE OF PCCB AFTER REWORK. (K)