[Elecraft] Keeping the battery charged

[Don Wilhelm]

Chuck,
Yes, my low power K2 cover with its internal battery sits on the shelf most
of the time too.
The battery is kept fully charged with a direct connection to the battery
and an A & A Engineering SmartCharger - you can see all the relevant
information on my website at www.qsl.net/w3fpr.  The battery connection has
been implemented with safety in mind, and can be used with any controlled
charger rather than the A & A Engineering unit that I used.  The charger
designed by Bob Lewis (often on  this reflector) and featured in a QST
article last year is another good charger to use.
73,
Don W3FPR

----- Original Message -----
>
> My question was oriented toward the approach to use when the KPA spends
most of
> it's time in the radio and the low power PA/Battery lid spends most of
it's
> time OUT of the radio.
>
> In this configuration, I don't have a power connector on the lid, except
for
> the internal battery connection that plugs into the main board.
>
> I was curious if anyone had come up with an approach to deal with this
> situation.