And you could always put together a little inline circuit to drop the voltage down to 13.8-14.1 or so...
73, ______________________ Clay Autery On 1/18/2016 3:17 PM, John Kramer wrote: > Thanks for the info Bob, and it’s reassuring to see that the KX3 has > protection for > over voltage. > One caveat with this PSU - I just tried to insert the DC plug from this PSU > to the KX3, > and I see it is too large for the KX3. Not a big deal, I will just cut it off > and fit the correct > size DC plug > > 73 > > John, ZS5J > > > > > On 18 Jan 2016, at 11:09 PM, Bob N3MNT <b...@hogbytes.com> wrote: > > The KX3 will shut down if the voltage is too high. > > > > > > Someone on this reflector suggested a power supply off eBay, that could be > used > with the KX3 about 2 months ago. It is intended for Toshiba laptops. So I > bought one, > this is the one… > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/15V-5A-AC-Adapter-Charger-Power-Supply-For-Toshiba-Tecra-A6-A7-A8-A9-A10-Laptop-/381356162365?hash=item58ca993d3d:g:Yk0AAOSwMmBVxX22 > > <http://www.ebay.com/itm/15V-5A-AC-Adapter-Charger-Power-Supply-For-Toshiba-Tecra-A6-A7-A8-A9-A10-Laptop-/381356162365?hash=item58ca993d3d:g:Yk0AAOSwMmBVxX22> > > It terminates in the right plug for the KX3 and is rated at 15 volts at max 5 > amps, and only sells > for $ 7.79 including free shipping from Hong Kong. > Anyway, it is cheap as chips so I bought one, and it arrived today. I hooked > up to a volt meter > and see it is 15.4 volts. I know it is better for TX IMD to have higher > voltage supplied to the > KX3 rather than a voltage too low, but I am concerned that 15.4 volts may be > too much > for the KX3. I see in the KX3 manual specs, that recommended supply voltage > is 8 - 15 volts. > I would hate to hurt my KX3 with over voltage……anyone know if there would be > any short > or long term problems with running 15.4 volts to the KX3 ? It is just > slightly above the > maximum recommended supply voltage > > 73 > John, ZS5J. > ______________________________________________________________ > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-power-supply-tp7612732p7612736.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jkra...@iafrica.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to caut...@montac.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
