Service difficulty report · Wire · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
November 24, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft time
58,443 hours
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Wire
Condition
Chafed
Location
Dc Generator
Part time
58,204 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER ENGINE START THE RIGHT DC GENERATOR WOULD NOT COME ON LINE. MAINTENANCE WAS NEVER ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAULT, HOWEVER THE DC GENERATORS WERE SWAPPED POSITIONS SIDE TO SIDE. THE DC GCUS WERE REPLACED WITH KNOWN GOOD UNITS. RELAYS 2431-K10 & 2431-K26 WERE REPLACED. ALL WIRING WAS INSPECTED & TESTED WITH NFF. DURING INSPECTION, THREE WIRES WERE FOUND CHAFED AGAINST THE WARDROBE ENCLOSURE AT THE TOP OF THE MAIN RELAY PANEL, THEY WERE FOR SYSTEMS UNRELATED TO THE GENERATORS. THE WIRES WERE REPAIRED & AIRCRAFT RUNS CARRIED OUT & ALL SYSTEMS FUNCTION CHECKED SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT TSN 58204, CSN 59850.