A B767 PRIOR TO DEP HAD AN FAA MAINT INSPECTOR QUESTION NO LOG ENTRY FOR CIRCUIT BREAKERS THAT WERE COLLARED FOR SYS NOT INSTALLED OR REMOVED FROM THE ACFT.

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AT 15 MINS PRIOR TO DEP; FAA JUMP SEATER (WHO IS A LINE MAINT INSPECTOR) BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT 3 CIRCUIT BREAKERS WHICH WERE PULLED AND COLLARED. THESE WERE THE RAIN REPELLENT CIRCUIT BREAKER; THE PACK FLOW CIRCUIT BREAKER; PANEL 11-3; CIRCUIT BREAKER N17; AND THE ADF CIRCUIT BREAKER PANEL 11-4 CIRCUIT BREAKER F-27. HE WAS WORRIED THAT THE INOP PLACARDS MIGHT CONFUSE SOMEONE THAT THE EQUIP WAS BROKEN AND SHOULD BE SHOWN IN THE LOGBOOK AS A DEFERRED ITEM. I ASSURED HIM THAT THE EQUIP WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THE ACFT. I SATISFIED HIM ON THE RAIN REPELLENT SINCE THERE IS AN SEL ENTRY FOR THAT ITEM ON MY FLT PLAN. I TOLD HIM THAT THE OTHER 2 WERE CONFIGN ITEMS FROM THE BOEING PRODUCTION LINE AND THAT THEY NEVER HAD BEEN INSTALLED; EVEN THOUGH THE ADF CTL HEAD AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE IN EVIDENCE. I DECLINED TO DELAY THE FLT IN ORDER TO LET HIM CONFER WITH THE MAINT HIGHER- UPS AT ACR AND HE STERNLY REMARKED THAT IF I FELT COMFORTABLE TAKING THE ACFT IN THIS CONDITION; THEN WE COULD GO. I ASSURED HIM AS TO THAT AND WE DEPARTED ON TIME. THIS IS A HEADS UP TO MAINT.