[Elecraft] KPA500 fan won't shut off

[Kevin, N4TT]

Cool. I saw "turned off all night" and it surprised me the fan was left
running full speed the whole night.

I'm interested in the outcome.

Kev

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 3:13 PM David Bunte <dpbunte at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kevin -
>
> As I read Jerry's post, I believe his fan was running even after the amp
> had been shut off all night long... and the only way to get it to stop
> running at full speed was to either turn the amp on... or turn off the
> power switch on the rear. He also stated that the menu setting was set to
> NOR, so I think Jack is on the right track to check with support.
>
> Dave - K9FN
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 2:57 PM Kevin, N4TT <kkinderen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Jerry:
>>
>> Maybe clarify. I think Jack's concern is that your fan was running even
>> with the power off.  That's not the case, right? The fan just came back on
>> full when you turned the power back on?
>>
>> Try Menu, scroll down to FAN CTL and make sure that say NOR. If it has a
>> number instead, you somehow accidentally set the fan on at that speed.
>> Just
>> use the down arrows to get back to NOR. This is all done on the front
>> panel
>> of the KPA500. Hope it helps.
>>
>> 73,
>> Kev N4TT
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 2:38 PM Jack Brindle via Elecraft <
>> elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>
>> > That means the power is not shutting off. We bleed off the capacitor
>> > charge through the fan at front panel shutdown, which is why you hear
>> the
>> > fan run for normally a short time.
>> > Turn off the KPA using the rear pane switch and call tech support in the
>> > morning. They need to look into this one.
>> >
>> > 73!
>> > Jack, W6FB
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Jul 14, 2019, at 11:22 AM, jerry <jerryc107 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > After yesterdays contest, I noticed this morning that the KPA500 fan
>> was
>> > still running at a high speed even though the amp had been turned off
>> all
>> > night by using the front "on" button.  The only way the fan stops
>> running
>> > is if I turn the amp on with the front switch or if I shut the amp off
>> by
>> > using the rear on/off switch. Menu setting for Fan is set to normal. Any
>> > ideas?
>> > >
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