[Elecraft] Battery Low K3

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

My K3 is serial no. 0007 and the clock is still running on the original 
battery.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 15/01/2019 19:37, Keith Trinity WE6R wrote:
> If you don't use the clock, just take the CR2032 battery out!
> Save money and ease your minds about leaking.
> However, I have never seen one leak in the thousands of K3's I have 
> worked on.
> I have only replaced the battery upon request as I have never seen one 
> actually be dead.
> There is no indication that the internal clock battery is low or dead 
> other than the clock does keep time
> To see if it is dead, just set the clock then turn off the radio and 
> pull the DC power. Time will be wacky when you check it.
> Also if you take the Front Panel off the radio, the clock will need 
> resetting.
> 
> If you see BAT LOW, your DC supply voltage is lower than the setting in 
> the BAT MIN config menu.
> Not related to the clock battery.
> Keith WE6R
>