OOPS. My mistake. The fans turn on at 37C and turn off at 34C. 73 -- Joe KB8AP
On Jan 19, 2011, at 4:26 PM, Joe Planisky wrote: > Hi Tom, > > As you assumed, the fans are thermostatically controlled. They don't turn on > until the PA temperature reaches 34 degrees. The "fan test settings" are > just what they say: settings to test that the fans actually work by manually > turning them on. Normal operation is with the KPA3 parameter set to PA NOR. > > You may want to do the PA Temperature Sensor calibration as described in the > manual (page 51 in the older D5 manual, should be close to that page in the > newest manuals.) > > 73 > -- > Joe KB8AP > > > On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Tommy Alderman wrote: > >> I received my K3 (s/n 4521) in early August 2010 and I have never seen the >> two fans on the rear turning. My typical FP temp was pretty steady at 37C; >> my typical PA temp was pretty steady at 33C. Note, I seldom run my K3 over >> about 30 watts output because it is driving an amp. In looking at page 56 of >> my manual (Rev D7) I see in the description of KP3A-F "PA fan test settings >> (PA FN1-FN4 or PAIO FN1-FN4), and ..." >> I have assumed operation of the two fans are thermostatically controlled? >> Can someone please explain the meaning of 'PA FN1-FN4' and 'PAIO FN1-FN4' ? >> I have no clue what that means! I now have KPA3 set for Fn2 and both fans >> are running and the FP temp is reading 33C while the PA temp is now reading >> 27C. >> Somewhere in the manual I'm sure this must be explained to the user, but I >> can't find it. >> Thanks for any help. >> Tom - W4BQF ______________________________________________________________ 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
