[Elecraft] Kx3 lithium batteries life

[Fred Smith]

It depends on the quality of the batteries, some will hold a charge for a
long time for up to a year shelf life and still have 75-80% charge. I
checked mine the other day (bought in Oct) and was still in good shape. I do
use an outboard charger/conditioner for the first time on the batteries
takes about a full day to complete the condition.

Fred/N0AZZ

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Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 10:34 AM
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Subject: [Elecraft] Kx3 lithium batteries life

I have had lithium batteries in my KX3 since I received it last Nov.   I 
use the batteries only to keep the clock alive and have never used them to
transmit or receive.. I use an external power supply to transmit etc,  I now
find that if I try to turn on the rig using just the batteries the rig comes
on then immidiately turns itself off.  I assume the batteries are to the
point where there is not enough voltage to power up the rig but the B T
voltage 
reads 10.5 to 11 volts which I thought should be enough to turn the rig on

Does the clock in the KX3 take that much  power that even lithium batteries
have a very short life .??  Has anyone else experienced this situation??  
Is there something I am missing ??
 
Ken   K1DWZ
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