SDR 99ZZZX2614

Service difficulty report · Wire · Cessna 172

Difficulty date: June 1, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Make and model: Cessna 172
System (JASC): 2432 · Battery/Charger System
Part: Wire
Condition: Corroded
Location: Battery
Stage of operation: NR
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: O

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

What was found

NO CHARGING INDICATION. FOUND BATTERY WIRE TO BUS BAR FROM REGULATOR PREVIOUSLY SPLICED. SPLICE HEATED, CORRODED CAUSING LARGE RESISTANCE. NOTED POWER TO REGULATOR WHEN STATIC ON THIS WIRE WHEN RUNNING POWER, WOULD NOT RETURN THROUGH THIS WIRE TO BUS. WIRE ORIGINAL, SPLICED?

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