[Elecraft] [K3] A momentary BAT LOW warning
Bill Frantz
frantz at pwpconsult.com
Sun Mar 4 13:27:40 EST 2018
Yup. I found a similar problem in my solar charging system.
There was a large loss in the curent/voltage meter. I found it
because the inline auto fuse holders were warm to the touch. It
confused the charge controller leading to slow charging. I'm
still trying to come up with a good fix, but now I just remove
the meter from the system.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 3/4/18 at 8:53 AM, donwilh at embarqmail.com (Don Wilhelm) wrote:
>Thanks for that information. This is just one example of those
>things that are first blamed on some fault in the rig turns out
>to be a fault with something connected to the rig.
>
>That is not limited to Elecraft gear - it can happen with any rig.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
>On 3/4/2018 11:03 AM, Barry wrote:
>>In transmit, the voltage was dropping from 13.3 to about 11 at the radio.
>>The ground wire side of the power cable had worked loose within its terminal
>>lug at the power supply, causing excess drop. Reattached and now the drop
>>is just a few tenths of a volt. Problem solved.
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