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A user facility¿s' biomedical technician (bmt) reported to fme technical support a 2008t machine experienced a ¿conductivity confirmation cell calibration error¿ message.Upon follow up, the bmt said that during repair it was discovered that the power cord was burned and blackened.The bmt reported that there was no melting, burning smell, smoke, spark, flame, or arcing observed.The bmt reported that the machine has not had any past problems with failing the electrical leakage test and that there was no damage observed on any other components.The machine has approximately 39,000 hours and is plugged into a hospital grade ground-fault circuit interrupter (gfci) outlet.The machine was returned to service after they replaced the power cord.A patient was not connected to the machine at the time of the incident and there was no harm to any patients or individuals because of this malfunction.The complaint device is not available to be returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.
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