This sounds like too small a battery for the given charger. Or too large a charger for the battery.
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the spec sheet on the K3 say's 15V max, then the voltage is too high, no > matter where the voltage comes from... > > 73, > Tom > Amateur Radio Operator N5GE > > > On Thu, 26 May 2011 13:58:34 EDT, [email protected] wrote: > >>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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
