Service difficulty report · Connector · Cndair CL604

Difficulty date
February 14, 2015
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cndair CL604
Aircraft time
1 hours
Part
Connector
Part number
14807630
Condition
Melted
Location
Ballast
Part time
5,506 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
H

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

What was found

(CAN) THE LAVATORY VANITY MIRROR HAS 3 LIGHTING ASSEMBLIES POWERED BY SEPARATE BALLASTS, PRECISION WINDING, PN 6900054-003. THEY ARE MOUNTED IN PROXIMITY OF THE HAND SOAP DISPENSER RESERVOIR. AN OVERFLOW OF THE SOAP DISPENSER RESERVOIR TOOK PLACE EITHER DUE TO OVERFILLING OR EXPANSION DUE TO FREEZING AS THE ACFT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE IN -20 DEG C TEMPERATURES. A SHORT CIRCUIT CONDITION OF THE LIGHTING BALLAST CONNECTOR WIRING TOOK PLACE BECAUSE OF THE SOAP IN THE CONNECTORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WATER LEAK DUE TO DISCONNECTED WATER LINES FROM FREEZING. WATER SPRAYED ONTO THE CONNECTORS AGGRAVATING THE CONDITION & CAUSED A SHORT CIRCUIT. SMOKE APPEARED IN THE LAVATORY WHILE THE ACFT WAS ON THE GND. THE VANITY LIGHTING WAS DEFERRED & THE CB PULLED & COLLARED. ALL THREE BALLASTS WERE REPLACED DUE TO CONTAMINATION & THE ASSOCIATED ELEC CONNECTORS CLEANED. THE LIGHTING SYS REMAINS DEFERRED UNTIL THE PROCUREMENT OF ONE ELEC CONNECTOR & REPLACEMENT. THE WATER LINES WERE REPAIRED & THE WATER SYS REACTIVATED.