[Elecraft] Help - Elecraft Shutting Down

[Don Wilhelm]

Martin,

One thing to check is the blades in the Anderson PowerPole connector at 
the end of the cable.
Peer into the end of the cable - if you see the ends of two metal blades 
in either side of the connector, the contact blade has not been fully 
seated behind the securing spring - give it a hard push with a screwdriver.

The other thing to check is the tightness of the terminals on the power 
supply.

The burned connector inside the K3 will usually only affect power to the 
KPA3, and it will usually produce an ERR 12V condition rather than a 
shutdown.  That problem has been cured some long time ago when the pins 
were changed to gold plated type - if you do not have an early K3, that 
condition is not likely.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/5/2014 8:17 PM, Martin Rath wrote:
> Hi Ron,
>
> I'm glad I found your email as my K3 (#5426) has been experiencing the same
> issues for a couple of days. I did not dismantle it for now to see if it's
> related to the burned connector issue as I would like to try it with
> another power supply first (and i need to borrow one first from another
> ham).
>
> This K3 was used extensively on Reunion Island during 10 days lately as
> part of the TO7CC DX Expedition, maybe this has made the issue to appear
> now. First I thought that it was related to the power supply but then it
> happened at least once when the K3 was on RX. I upgraded the MCU and
> DSP1/DSP2 to the latest softwares but that did not resolve the issue.
>
> Let me know if you manage to track your issue down !
>
> Best 73's Martin 9V1RM
>
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