Service difficulty report · Timer · Piper PA31T1

Difficulty date
May 15, 2008
Submitted
July 10, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N93CN
Make and model
Piper PA31T1
Aircraft serial
31T8004029
Part
Timer
Part number
488699
Part serial
80B52319
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Wing De-Ice
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

THESE UNITS WERE BOUGHT NEW FROM MANUFACTURER AND WHEN THEY WERE INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SURFACE DEICE BOOTS WERE INFLATED ALL OF THE TIME WHEN THE AIRCRAFT POWER WAS TURNED ON. A SECOND TIMER UNIT WAS PURCHASED AND THE SAME PORBLEM EXISTED WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED. UPON TROUBLESHOOTING THE SYSTEM AND VERIFYING CORRECT INSTALLATION AND WIRING, IT WAS FOUDN THAT TWO OF THE WIRES COMING OUT OF THE UNIT WERE SWITCHED DURING MFG AND THE BOXES WERE OPERATING OPPOSITE AS INTENDED. THERE ARE FOUR WIRES, RED, BLACK, WHITE AND BLUE, THE WHITE AND BLUE WIRES ARE REVERSED. (K)

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