[Elecraft] Wall wart for KX3

[Christian AK4VV]

Enercell wallwart from Radio Shack is what I use and have been happy with
it.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3875404&numProdsPerPage=60

73,
Christian
AK4VV
 On Dec 18, 2012 9:17 PM, "Ed Picha" <n9ep at comcast.net> wrote:

> KX3 gurus:
>
> Has anyone found a wall wart they like for the KX3?  Like most hams, I
> have a big box of wall warts, and have tried several different 12 V
> adaptors with the KX3.  They all worked ok for general operation, but I
> noted that when I added the KXBC3 battery charger option to the KX3, I
> really needed an honest 13.8 V or higher to fully charge the internal
> batteries.  Most of the warts I tried had outputs less than 13V, and the
> few that I found that could supply 13.8 V under load had voltages above 15
> V with no load.   I didn't want to take a chance with these by exceeding
> the KX3 upper voltage speceven for the short time that it would take for
> the adaptor voltage to drop.
>
> My KX3 current drain numbers are (all at 13.8 V):
>
> receive, with backlight:  0.190 A
> receive while charging batteries: 0.400 A
> transmit, 5W: 1.04 A
> transmit, 10W: 1.91 A
>
> So, I guess the ideal adaptor would be capable of 2A at 13.8 V to support
> running the radio with no (or fully discharged) batteries at full power,
> and would not exceed 15 V with no load.  While I'm wishing, it would also
> be smalland lightweight.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanks, 73
>
> ed N9EP
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