[Elecraft] Power-surge!

[-.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.-]

Yes, I am glad this is a great feature in my K3. It actually works well and
saved my radio too. Good job Elecraft in keeping the customer. 




JIM DAVIS-11 wrote:
> 
> To the "Elecraft Crew",
> 
> Many thanks for building into the K3 to sense when the AC power is not
> there and "shut-off" 
> completely!
> 
> I say this because earlier this morning here locally there was a PG&E
> power outage. Initially the 
> juice went off and then just a few mil-secs the power tried to come back
> on, which would mean 
> there'd be
> a huge power surge to follow! I had my finger on the Astron-50m to switch
> the rig off but I did'nt
> have to really do that, in that the K3 sensed the power cut-off and "shut
> down" immediately. 
> Everybody knows what "power-surges" can do to our solid-state rigs, and
> eventhough most of our
> power-distribution strips SUPPOSEDLY have protection against such
> occurrences I've found that NOT 
> all
> of them are cracked up to what they advertise!!!
> 
> Many thanks for saving our "BABY!"
> 
> Jim/nn6ee
> S/N 2406
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Power-surge%21-tp2380382p2398553.html
Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.