Maintenance personnel reported that incoming boeing 737 slides have a different style lanyard and ba...

Attributes
ACN	1513280
Time
Date	201801
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Escape Slide
Person 1
Function	Technician
Person 2
Function	Technician
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

As slides [were] coming in for testing (functional) in our shop we noticed that the battery part number is different than we were using and the battery lanyard is different as well. This slides are manufactured in january 2015; so it's their first time to come thru. Being observant we noticed this difference and our fellow worker contacted [part manufacturer]. We've notified the company that the wrong battery per [part manufacturer] has been installed for some time. Nothing we could've known about since [the company] and our leaders such as engineering never provided the proper information regarding a parts change. Have [company] purchase the correct battery; and have our engineering department update us with any future changes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Maintenance Personnel reported that incoming Boeing 737 slides have a different style lanyard and battery pouch than on previous slides. Maintenance was not notified of part number change.

Narrative: As slides [were] coming in for testing (functional) in our shop we noticed that the battery part number is different than we were using and the battery lanyard is different as well. This slides are manufactured in January 2015; so it's their first time to come thru. Being observant we noticed this difference and our fellow worker contacted [part manufacturer]. We've notified the company that the wrong battery per [part manufacturer] has been installed for some time. Nothing we could've known about since [the company] and our leaders such as engineering never provided the proper information regarding a parts change. Have [company] purchase the correct battery; and have our engineering department update us with any future changes.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Maintenance personnel reported that incoming boeing 737 slides have a different style lanyard and battery pouch than on previous slides. Maintenance was not notified of part number change.