[Elecraft] 14 volt batteries?

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

I wonder if that had anything to do with (in the past at least) 50V and up were considered "dangerous" voltages that required special protection and warnings.

Of course any of us who happened to get across the circuit with even a 12V battery and a large inductance in series disagreed - after we picked ourselves up off of the floor.  

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Kane
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 8:39 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 14 volt batteries?

On 8/20/2017 7:10 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> More recent battery technology have produced a number of batteries 
> with different voltages, but most ham gear has stayed with the voltage 
> commonly available in a vehicular mobile environment.  That is just 
> "the fact of the matter".

Commercial "fixed station" equipment has largely migrated to 48V, the historical "Bell System" standard.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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