I measured 58 ma before and 68 ma after with the 200 ohm resistor. This agrees with what Elecraft is saying. I didn't try the 330 ohm resistor, but Wayne says about 6 ma. I was satisfied with the output at 10ma and saving 4ma isn't significant to me since the K1 is usually connected to a 7aH battery!
It's VERY easy to change the resistor if you don't like what you get. Four screws pop the whole front panel assy off. Removing one screw, one nut and 3 knobs gives you complete access to the component side of the front panel board. Change the resistor, reassemble and you're done. Ten minutes from beginning to end. More pictures on the K1 page on my web site. Eric KE6US www.ke6us.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ron Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:00 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] nice photo of a K1 with LCD backlight wayne burdick wrote: > Eric, KE6US, took a great night-time photo of his K1 with the new > backlight installed. He was kind enough to let us post the photo on > our site. wow! That looks really cool! I wonder what the increase in current draw is? Ron wb1hga _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
