[Elecraft] KX3 battery holder wiring

[Walter Underwood]

That is just weird. All the cells should be in series all the time. If they wanted to skip a cell, they should have put in a dummy cell.

I can believe it wouldn’t power up with NiMH cells, six of those is only 7.2 V.

I would look up the part number and get new battery holders.

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Walter Underwood
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> On Jan 25, 2025, at 9:45 AM, Andy Durbin <a.durbin at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> "The other holder has all cells in series and only two wires."
> 
> No, on closer inspection I found both holders are configured the same with 3 cells in series and one isolated. Two wires of each pack can be traced to the battery connector but the other two (4 total) are hidden under the battery holders.
> 
> Andy, k3wyc