[Elecraft] K3 Current Draw?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Hi, Ed: 

The K3 Owner's manual Specifications page has the data: 

TX: 17-22A typical for K3/100, 3-4A typical for K3/10. 

RX: 0.9A (subreceiver off). 

As they say, that's "typical". My K3 draws no more than 17 amps on any band
at 100 watts output, well within the normal operating parameters of my
Astron 20A (16 amps intermittent, 20 amp peak). 

Conservative as always, Elecraft does recommend a 25A 13.8 VDC supply. 

Ron AC7AC 

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Edward R. Breneiser
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 4:00 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Current Draw?


Hello all,

I ordered my K3 in August. I tried to find the specs on the current draw in
Rx and TX, but no joy. Why aren't these specs listed on the data sheet?

72,

Ed, WA3WSJ