[Elecraft] KPA500 Power Supply Environmental/Ergonomic Issue

Don Wilhelm donwilh at embarqmail.com
Wed Feb 1 20:22:50 EST 2017


John,

Because after power off, the fans are powered by the charge in the 
KPA500 capacitors discharging, I do not think that is a requirement - 
but not a bad idea in any case.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 2/1/2017 7:53 PM, John Marvin wrote:
> I know this thread is supposed to be closed now, and hopefully this
> would be obvious, but you should also wait for the fans to stop before
> "pulling the plug". You should always turn the KPA500 off with the
> switch (or the KPA utility) first, wait for the fans to stop, then you
> can use the back switch or a power cord switch.


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