Dick, Yes, 16 volts is too high. There is a 15 volt zener diode right at the DC input of the K3 which should limit the voltage to the K3 at 15 volts (or until that zener diode is damaged).
The charger may be dropping into the bulk charge output rather than staying in the trickle charge state. You may be better off with a simple trickle charger than a 2 or 3 state battery charger. 73, Don W3FPR On 5/26/2011 1:58 PM, [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? > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
