Allan, Take a look at the K2 Smartcharger article on my website www.w3fpr.com. To use a charger of that nature, you must make a direct connection to the battery. PUT A FUSE IN THAT CONNECTION. I am repairing a K2 right now that did not have a fuse - the battery apparently was shorted and melted a lot of wires inside the K2.
73, Don W3FPR On 11/10/2010 9:21 AM, Allan Taylor wrote: > I have recently reworked my K2, installing both the very low voltage > drop diode and the KBT2 kit. Does anyone know of a better way to > charge the battery than just floating it at, say, 13.9V? I suspect > this question has come up before but wish to solicit the latest scoop. > I have a multi-step (smart) charger I use on other sealed lead-acid > batteries so suspect someone may have cooked up a scheme > for the K2 battery that accounts for the slightly higher voltage > required due to the reverse protection diode, etc. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
