Well.... not 'liberally'. Deoxit suggests that you use a very small amount. I guess that would be 'conservatively'!
No politics intended! On 12/11/2011 8:25 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote: > 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 >> -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
