[Elecraft] K3 Current Drain When Off

[Ken Wagner K3IU]

G'morning, Dave:
My purpose in the posting below was to 
correct an error I had made earlier.
You are probably not missing anything, 
but IMHO this subject is far more 
germane to the purpose of this reflector 
than many postings which result in 
extraordinarily long lives here.
73, Ken K3IU
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On 10/19/2013 7:22 AM, Dave Wright wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing something here, and 
> I'm not trying to be a jerk, but we're 
> talking about 40ma.  Most electronic 
> devices these days don't use a "hard" 
> power down, but rather a "soft" 
> power-off state in order to maintain 
> settings/calibration, allow for rapid 
> startup/remote control usage, etc.
>
> Elecraft has stated that the K3 will 
> draw a minimal amount of power when 
> shutdown; although I don't recall that 
> they have stated what that amount is; 
> so it should be no surprise that the 
> K3 is drawing power when shutoff.
>
> It sure seems like there is a lot of 
> traffic about something can be solved 
> simply by pulling the plug if you're 
> worried about breaking the bank over 
> 40ma.  So, what am I missing?
>
> Dave
> K3DCW
>
> "Real radio bounces off the sky"
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Ken 
> K3IU <kenk3iu at cox.net 
> <mailto:kenk3iu at cox.net>> wrote:
>
>     G'morning, all:
>
>     To correct my previous posting, I
>     re-measured the current in the
>     pos(+) lead again... correctly
>     this time. On a Triplett 2200 DMM,
>     a Radio Shack 22-174B, and a Fluke
>     77, the reading is 40-42ma. This
>     is with the KPA3 installed and
>     connected. I have not opened up
>     the K3 to disconnect the KPA3, but
>     other postings suggest that the
>     parasitic draw would significantly
>     drop if I did.
>
>     73, Ken K3IU
>     K3 #202
>
>