Service difficulty report · Terminal Block · Lear 55LEAR

Difficulty date
February 17, 2003
Submitted
March 25, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lear 55LEAR
Aircraft time
2,405 hours
Engine
Alidsg TFE7313AR
Part
Terminal Block
Part number
TB1
Condition
Overheated
Location
Emergency Lights
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) MFG DESIGN FLAW, INSTRUMENT LIGHTING SYS WAS DISCOVERED WHEN NEW AIR DATA DISPLAY UNIT WAS INSTALLED FOR RVSM UPGRADE. SYMPTOM WAS ADDU LIGHT WOULD GO INTO NIGHT MODE (VERY DIM) WHEN EMER BATT PACK WAS TURNED ON. PACK IS KEPT ON IN FLIGHT TO RUN STANDBY GYRO. PROBLEM WAS THAT IN NON-EMER MODE, EMERGENCY PACK WAS POWERING WHOLE 5 VOLT INSTRUMENT LIGHTING BUS VIA RELAY K2 AND CR4 ON TB1 IN CIRCUIT BOARD UR-1. 2.2 AMP DRAW THROUGH CR4 WOULD CAUSE IT TO OVERHEAT BUT IN TURN DROP VOLTAGE LOW ENOUGH THAT LAMP LIGHTING WAS TOO DIM TO BE NOTICED. PROBLEM WENT UN-NOTICED UNTIL RVSM MOD WAS DONE. MFG WAS NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM, SENT WIRING MOD TO SYS.