[Elecraft] KXBC3 charging

[Don Butler]

You should have greater than 10.0 volts after a full charge.... I would check the batteries individually....you may have one or more bad batteries

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On Jan 27, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Mike Weir <ve3wdm at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Good afternoon all, I installed the KXBC3 in my KX3 last night and it had no error messages or problems.....up until now.
> Here is what I did and what is happening.
> 1. Batteries that are installed are Ansmann 2850 MaH  NiMH brand new min charge on them if any. 
> 2. Put time on KX3 for 16 hours of charge time and left the Astron power supply for full 16 hours.
> 3. In the morning after charge time tried to turn KX3 on with just battery power. It would not and found out needed to lower min voltage from 10v to 8.5v. 
> 4. After doing this the rig came on and was fine on battery power. 
> 5. Took rig to the park this morning and it failed to start again. Double checked at home to make sure the new min volt setting saved and it did. I then moved the min 
> setting to the lowest value which was 8.2 volts.
> 6. On the display I am getting the following now PS. 13.6 volts (not sure way that as voltage on my Fluke meter at the Jack before it goes into the KX3 reads 13.8v)
>    BT is reading 8.8v but is is fluctuating from 8.1v to 8.8v at times.
> Now even with an internal battery reading of 8.8 or a little less the rig should still turn on?? The only other thing I can think if is the 2850 MaH batteries need more than 16 hours of charge time?
> Mike
> VE3WDM
> 
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