I believe you can also purchase a can of deoxit and spray it liberally on the pins and connector side and carefully plug and unplug the board a few times.
Mike W0MU W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 12/11/2011 6:49 PM, Ralph Parker wrote: >> ...the power was lower than usual and there was a 12 ERR message on screen... >> I turned it off and on again... >> the ERR message came up again and 8 watts indicated. Power amp fried? > Nope - you just have an early K3 with steel pins between the motherboard > and the PA. They have become tarnished with heat, and won't pass the current. > All early K3s can expect to have this problem sooner or later, IMHO. > That was a big 'oops' - newer K3s have gold pins. > > K3 Support can send you pictures of a 'bypass surgery' mod that will be a > good workaround. I did it, and have had no further problems. > > Ralph, VE7XF > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
