[Elecraft] K3 Current Drain When Off

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

So that leaves some K3s still drawing about 38 mA when switched off. Mine,
Geoff
G3UCK and I think there were a couple of others who commented yesterday. 

Strange...

73 Ron AC7AC



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 3:16 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Current Drain When Off

On 10/16/2013 6:35 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> I would suspect a display problem with the Watts Up ... like showing 
> the wrong range.  I *measure* 4.4 mA and 4.2 mA respectively on my K3s
> - s/n 622 and 1450 - with my trusty Fluke 85. 

You're right, Joe. I pulled out my Fluke and an adapter I had made years ago
for a current probe and measured both radios.  Both are drawing 4 mA when
off, about 1.2A when on with one RX, about 1.5A with both RX on.

Thanks for the sanity check.

73, Jim K9YC
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