[Elecraft] KX3 charger failure?
István Szabó
nerowine10 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 8 12:56:01 EDT 2020
Don,
This value is shown when the 13.8V PS is connected. It had shown the PS
value before, have I missed something?
73, István HA4ZD
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 15:58, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Istvan,
>
> There are protective diodes in series with both the internal batteries
> and the external supply, so the fact that the KX3 shows 0.3 to 0.4 volts
> lower than the external supply is normal.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 10/8/2020 2:53 AM, István Szabó wrote:
> > When I plug in the 13.8V PS the radio shows 13.8V for only 1 second and
> > drops to 10.4V. Eneloop batteries all OK 1.29V individually. Running a 4
> > hour charging cycle it turns off when voltage reached and shows the
> > dropped voltage. When batteries removed the voltage shown on display
> 13.8V.
> > Is it known failure, what can I do to fix it?
>
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