Wayne, Yes, you should be looking for another power supply - with a 13.2 volt supply, you will not charge the battery adequately and its life will be shortened.
There is another way to keep the battery charged - use a SmartCharger, but that requires that you provide a direct connection to the battery. If you are going ot purchase a new supply, you may want to consider this as an alternative. Take a look at my website http://w3fpr.qrpradio.com for my implementation of a safe (fused) direct battery connection. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > This may have been answered before, but I just recently purchased a > "pre-owned" K2 and have installed the battery into the rig. In > reading the manual, it is noted that the battery wants 13.8 to 14 > volts to charge fully and using a voltage less than that will reduce > battery life. > > My current supply is furnishing 13.1 volts. Is there a significant > difference in this and what is called for? The power supply also > furnishes power to other equipment, so I am not really anxious to see > if I can coax more voltage out of it. Should I look for another > power supply or is it not enough of a problem to worry about? > > Thanks, > Wayne, W4HG > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
