[Elecraft] KX3 Battery Holder Melted

[Don Wilhelm]

Tighe,

Check the plastic covering on the batteries carefully, you will likely 
find one where the battery case metal is exposed.
Also check the screws mounting the battery holders - the screwheads 
should not be able to contact the batteries, but I think you will find 
that your screws project too far into the battery compartment.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/1/2015 8:41 AM, Tighe Kuykendall wrote:
>
> When I started to reinsert the cells this morning I noticed the spring 
> end of one cell slot had melted plastic in the spring and the spring 
> is pushed through the end of the holder almost touching the large cap 
> on the filter board.  I almost certainly have a bad cell, now to 
> figure out which one.
>