Hello Yes, you should be concerned. Battery chargers are different from PSUs as they can easily create a high voltage peak which will destroy any equipment hooked up to it. I highly recommend not to use the battery when it is on the charger.
73 from LA3CTA, Christoffer På Thu, 26 May 2011 19:58:34 +0200, skrev <[email protected]>: > Hi Guys, > I'm operating from a portable location and using a 12-volt automobile > battery with my K3. To keep the battery charged I'm using a Schumacher > 15-Amp > Charger/Maintainer that automatically switches to "Trickle Charge" when > the > battery is charged. My concern is that when the charger is connected > the > battery voltage is peaking at 16.0 volts. The K3 manual says "maximum > voltage is 15 volts". > Do I need to be concerned about powering the K3 with 16.0 volts? > Thanks, > Dick- K9OM > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
