[Elecraft] KBT2

[Don Wilhelm]

Rich,

I believe I have addressed the safety issues of a direct connection to the
battery by including a fuse.  Take a look at my website www.qsl.net/w3fpr to
see how I have implemented the A&A Engineering charger connection to the K2.
You may also be interested in my modification to the charger itself to limit
the charging current - there have been concerns expressed a long time ago
about the possibility of overcharging the internal battery when the K2 is
turned on which fools the charger into thinking that the battery needs to be
charged.

73,
Don W3FPR

----- Original Message -----

> Question to all the K2 Experts on the group.  I recently purchased the
KBT2
> option for my K2, but am reluctant to install it.  The manual states that
a
> voltage of 14.0V must be applied during trickle charge, lest damage is
done
> to the SLA. I have an Aston SS30M switching supply which puts out exactly
> 13.8v on the K2 internal DVM, it has no options to increase voltage.  What
> have other folk on the list done to get around this issue?  I have a
"Smart
> Charger" from A&A Engineering, was thinking about putting a connector in
one
> of the tranverter holes to connect the charger to the battery directly, is
> this safe? Thanks.
> Rich
> KQ9L