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Old 26th Jul 2013, 23:29
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Coagie
 
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GEEZE- Ethiopia, Japan, United - all finding pinched wiring on ELT ??

maybe from same batch- ??
Guess they need to check the lot number, and see if they are from the same production run, then if so, have all of them pulled, in case the person inspecting didn't have his glasses on. I don't know about Honeywell, and I hope this isn't happening at Honeywell, but in some high tech manufacturers, to save money, when there's an item that doesn't require a constant production, rather than have permanent employees to assemble the item, some companies just wait until they have enough orders to justify a production run, and then hire temporary workers, just for that run. They try to get experienced workers, but it sure opens things up for mistakes. Quite often, the mistakes are "pinched wires" as a matter of fact.
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