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Spent 6 hours tracking a hidden wire chafe on a CRJ200 in Tulsa
Last Tuesday, I was doing a routine inspection on a CRJ200 and found some intermittent static in the crew headset. I spent 2 hours just checking connectors and swapping jacks. Then another 3 hours pulling panels and tracing the wire bundle. Finally traced it to a chafe point behind the overhead bin where a screw had rubbed through the insulation. Has anyone else had a simple electrical gremlin turn into a full day job like that?
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craig.reese6d ago
Buddy of mine spent an entire shift chasing a ghost brake light on a Dodge.
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jason5626d ago
Wait @craig.reese, are you telling me he actually saw the light during the chase though or was it just flickering in the dark? That whole brake light ghost thing is nuts, Ive heard of those phantom issues on Dodges before but never thought someone would actually spend a full shift hunting one down. My buddy had a similar runaround with a Ford once, turned out to be a loose ground wire hiding behind the taillight housing. Honestly those intermittent electrical gremlins make me want to throw my tools across the garage when they wont show up on the scan tool. Did he ever find out what caused it or did the ghost just vanish on its own?
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