On 1/15/2019 9:06 AM, Barry wrote: > Yes, Battery Low refers to your external (12V) power supply voltage. It's a > confusing term and should be changed, as almost nobody uses a battery for > their main supply on the K3, so why is it called a battery? I use a battery maintained by a charger system - complete uninterruptible 12V power. Guess I'm "almost nobody". > > Regarding the RTC, it doesn't keep very good RT, so is there any harm in > just letting it go dead and not replacing it?
Having a dead battery corroding in your radio is not a good thing. And for the work required to remove it, you might as well replace it and get another decade of service. George, W3HBM > > > Barry W2UP > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]

