[Elecraft] Fwd: Re: KX3 power supply "brick"

Tue Feb 10 17:57:05 EST 2015

I don't disagree with any of the theory.

I was hoping for some responses based on actual experience.

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Subject: 	Re: [Elecraft] KX3 power supply "brick"
Date: 	Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:10:55 -0500
From: 	Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com>
To: 	Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT <KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com>

You'll need at least 13.8 volts to charge the batteries.

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...nr4c. bill

> On Feb 10, 2015, at 3:57 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT <KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com> wrote:
>
> I just looked at four bricks floating around my office, and two of them are 12v.  The other two are 18v and 19v.
>
> The smallest one I have is 2a, which would probably charge the internal KX3 batteries.  The bigger one might be okay for transmitting.
>
> That's why I specified "12v brick" in my post.  There are many different bricks out there.
>
> 73 -- Lynn
>
>> On 2/10/2015 12:34 PM, Walter Underwood wrote:
>> Most laptop bricks are 16V or higher, too much voltage for the KX3.
>>
>> wunder
>> K6WRU
>> CM87wj
>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/
>>
>>
>
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