Airbus. Random E&E smoke warning for a couple of days. MX couldn't find the problem. Ops check normal....
Happens to us at TOC. Intermittent, then full warning w/ECAM. No smell through the sniffer tube.
We divert. Give FO the a/c. Idle/speedbrakes until configured since the divert field was pretty close.
Mx found faint smoke smell in E&E. Mechanic and I climb around E&E trying to find source. Insulation touching runway turn off lights. Use of turnoff lights, and length of use, apparently the reason behind the random nature for several days.
That fact that they couldn't smell anything is no different than it was in my case. We had no smell but a possible source of ignition.
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