Service difficulty report · Electrical Box · Airbus A318111

Difficulty date
October 5, 2006
Submitted
October 11, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N804FR
Make and model
Airbus A318111
Aircraft serial
2051
Aircraft time
10,541 hours, 5,467 cycles
Part
Electrical Box
Part number
3042865102
Part serial
1139
Condition
Burned Out
Location
Entertain Sys
Stage of operation
DE
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

FLT CREW REPORTED A STRONG ELECTRICAL-TYPE ODOR NEAR ROW 17 & AFT GALLEY AREA ENROUTE FOR LAST 30 MINS OF FLT & AFTER LANDING. FOUND SEB ON ROW 17 DEF BAD. DEFERRED LIVE TV SYS PER MEL 44-20-01AA, SEB AT 17E REPLACED PER LTV AMM 44-25-00 AND OPS CHECKED GOOD. PERFORMED SYS INTEGRITY CHK PER LTV AMM 44-25-00. NO DEFECTS NOTED. A REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM LIVE TV ON THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FAILURE OF SEB. AN INTERNAL SHORT WITHIN SEB TRANSFORMER T2 CAUSED +15VDC TO BE DELIVERED TO +5VDC CIRCUIT. THIS OVER-VOLTAGE TO +5VDC CIRCUIT CAUSED SEVERAL CAPACITORS LOCATED ON UNIT CIRCUIT CARD ASSY TO BE THERMALLY STRESSED. ELECTRICAL ODOR EXPERIENCED ON ACFT ATTRIBUTED TO THERMAL STRESS OF THE CAPACITORS.

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