[Elecraft] K3 FP getting warm.

[Jeff Cochrane]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:43:56 +1000, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>  
wrote:

My first K3 (which had every option but the KRX3 fitted) I owned used to  
regularly go to over 50 degrees C on the FP temperature with no ill  
effects and on more than a couple of occasions it went to over 65 degrees,  
it then shut down due to the heat.
(I live in Tropical North Queensland and my shack is a non A/C 20'  
container with a coupla windows cut into it.)

-- 
Jeff Cochrane - VK4XA
East Innisfail
QLD, Australia


> I've seen it get as high as 40 C on a really hot day. This won't hurt  
> anything.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On Feb 23, 2014, at 11:26 AM, NZ0T <nz0tham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I noticed today that the front panel of my K3/100 SN 1502 with the  
>> newer DSP
>> board seems much warmer to the touch than before.   With the rig on and
>> having not transmitted for over an hour the PA temp is 30C while the FP  
>> temp
>> is 34C.  Room temp is 22.7C.  I have never seen this before.  The rig is
>> working fine as far as I can tell.  I recently loaded the latest Beta
>> firmware 4.83 but otherwise have made no changes.    Have I just not  
>> noticed
>> in the over five and a half years I've owned the rig or should I worry  
>> about
>> this?
>> Or am I just getting old and can't remember? :)
>>
>> 73 Bill NZ0T