[Elecraft] K3 : standby current

[Kurt Pawlikowski]

Bob,

    I'm assuming you mean when it's "off." I think most car batteries 
are at least 100 AH. It can run some 14,285 hours or 595 days or 1.6 
years to drain the battery entirely (if that's possible!). Anyway, I 
think you'll find that, if you measure drain on your car battery with 
everything turned off is probably more than this (car radio stand-by, 
alarm, remote control... hum... can't think of anything else off hand). 
While I haven't done it, 20 or 30 ma would not concern me. Anyone ever 
measure their battery current while the car is off?

    Regards,

    kurtt

    Kurt Pawlikowski, AKA WB9FMC
    The Pinrod Corporation
    kurtt at pinrod.com
    (773) 284-9500
    http://pinrod.com

bobatbay at beeb.net wrote:
> Hi,
> I havemeasured the standby current of the K3 at around 7mA. 
> Is this typical ? Might be aproblem for floks wo leavethe 
> radio connected t oa 12 car battery for extended periods? 
>
>
> Bob ZD8RH
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