Hi All I recentley aquired a complete battery kit for the K2 off of Ebay. The kit had been purchased by the seller but never built and came complete with the Powersonic PS-1229 battery.
Now here's the rub. The battery must have been sat for sometime and now refuses to charge. After 16hrs of charge the PD across the terminals is 10.5Volt and when the K2 is switched on the terminal voltage drops to about 3.5Volt. I have charged it from a PSU supplying 14.1Volt. I'm trying to find a supplier in the UK as I expect shipping from Elecraft direct will be a bit high, my order last week for a speaker and some screws notched up a whopping $28 shipping bill. The likes of RS have it listed but discontinued and I expect Powersonic UK will only be interested in multiple orders, I have emailed them anyway. I know that there are cheaper Yuasa NP2.1-12 (2.1Ah) batteries but these are apparently spec'd for standby use for Alarm units and such, other than that the largest capacity I can find is 2.3Ah. Would the 0.6Ah difference make a difference?? If anyone in the UK uses their K2 with an internal battery what would your recommendations be. Regards Nidge (G0NIG) IO93dv ______________________________________________________________ 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
