[Elecraft] K3 shuts down

Chris Hallinan challinan at gmail.com
Tue Sep 8 09:03:24 EDT 2015


Triple check the power input connector(s) and cable.  Make sure they are
clean, no black burned marks, etc. Sounds like a power delivery problem to
me.

-Chris K1AY

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Stephen <sprigsby at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> My K3 has worked flawlessly since I got it over a year ago, until
> yesterday. It now shuts down if the power is advanced over 11 watts (pa
> in). The power supply seems to be ok as it runs my TS 850 at 100 watts
> without complaint. I have checked and swapped cables between the K3 and my
> dummy load. I did a reconfiguration. The K3 provides no error messages, but
> the display dims and flickers just before it shuts down.
> Am I missing something obvious?
> Steve, K5SI
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