Enercell wallwart from Radio Shack is what I use and have been happy with it.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3875404&numProdsPerPage=60 73, Christian AK4VV On Dec 18, 2012 9:17 PM, "Ed Picha" <[email protected]> wrote: > KX3 gurus: > > Has anyone found a wall wart they like for the KX3? Like most hams, I > have a big box of wall warts, and have tried several different 12 V > adaptors with the KX3. They all worked ok for general operation, but I > noted that when I added the KXBC3 battery charger option to the KX3, I > really needed an honest 13.8 V or higher to fully charge the internal > batteries. Most of the warts I tried had outputs less than 13V, and the > few that I found that could supply 13.8 V under load had voltages above 15 > V with no load. I didn't want to take a chance with these by exceeding > the KX3 upper voltage speceven for the short time that it would take for > the adaptor voltage to drop. > > My KX3 current drain numbers are (all at 13.8 V): > > receive, with backlight: 0.190 A > receive while charging batteries: 0.400 A > transmit, 5W: 1.04 A > transmit, 10W: 1.91 A > > So, I guess the ideal adaptor would be capable of 2A at 13.8 V to support > running the radio with no (or fully discharged) batteries at full power, > and would not exceed 15 V with no load. While I'm wishing, it would also > be smalland lightweight. > > Any suggestions? > > thanks, 73 > > ed N9EP > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[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
