[Elecraft] KAT500/F Missing thermal pad on R5

[Robert Friess]

It is R6.

Bob, N6CM

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:

> Is that a typo or does your factory built KAT500 label that resistor as
> R5?  In my kit KAT500 it is R6.
>
> peh
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Jim Sheldon <w0eb at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > My factory built KAT500 is missing the thermal conductive pad that is
> supposed to go between R5 and the bottom cover.  This was called to
> someone's attention at Elecraft when I had to disassemble my factory built
> KAT500 to correct another problem I ran into that didn't actually affect
> the operation of the tuner.
> >
> > I asked if this would be a problem and I was told that it was being
> looked into.  I have not received an answer to that question and it's been
> about 2 weeks since I first asked it.  The tuner appears to be working all
> right without it, but I've seen references to the fact that R5 is called on
> to dissipate some pretty heavy power at times and I'd hate to have it fail
> because of this oversight.
> >
> > Several others have noted missing pads in the kit versions as well and I
> would not have known it if I hadn't downloaded and read the latest manual.
>  The one I got with my early, factory built model (#37) did not have the
> kit building instructions in it, nor did it have a parts list.
> >
> > Jim - W0EB
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