[Elecraft] HI CURR indicator on K3S display

[Dr. William J. Schmidt]

Unfortunately, my metering outside of the radio shows only 10.1 amps when the radio shows 20+ amps.  Radio and outboard voltage metering showing 13.0 VDC.  Also shown 6.6A for 5W out.  Something is up.


Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ

email:  bill at wjschmidt.com


-----Original Message-----
From: William Ferry <jdbf918 at comcast.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 7:01 PM
To: bill at wjschmidt.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HI CURR indicator on K3S display

I recently had a problem where both my K3’s were taking over 30Amps (PS) and at times the K3 shut down.  
Surprisingly it happened with two different K3’s and two different power supplies (Astron RS 35 and M).  The K3 displays all read just over 20 Amps at near 100w output into a dummy load on both units.  I checked with Elecraft and they had high confidence the current read by the K3 was correct.
I decided to borrow a clamp-on Ammeter to measure the DC current independently. 
Yup. 20+ amps (like the K3)before it shut down.  
I found both supplies had issues.  One the current limit was set too low.  The other the current sensing resistor had been changed to the wrong value.  Plus the current meter were not calibrated correctly.  
Hence I suggest you find a meter to independently measure the power supply.
Regards,
Bill
K1BZM
PS I think we have worked on all bands from 80-6!



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> On Feb 1, 2022, at 7:14 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt <bill at wjschmidt.com> wrote:
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> I remember some discussion about HI CURR issues and the causes here a 
> while ago.  I just noticed it on my radio.. Changing the display to 
> read amps, it indicates 21.6 amps, but the amp meter on the power 
> supply is only showing
> 10.1 amps.  The radio sensing circuit seems to be in error.  Anyone 
> else delt with this?
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> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ 
> PJ2/K9HZ VP2EHZ
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> email:   <mailto:bill at wjschmidt.com> bill at wjschmidt.com
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