Cliff and Group What is it about the Elecraft line that once you own one piece of their gear it seems that it becomes for lack of a better word a "Disease". One that spreads to more and more of the Elecraft name on your desk like the "Chicken Pox" there are so thick 8>).
There is some good news here though it is subsiding some as I have at least one piece of all their gear from K2 forward, until several more options come out for the KX3 expected soon. The bad news on the other hand is that Eric seems to have a constant stream of new products in devolvement or to introduce, ones that people want and cause a backlog to get one of whatever. 73, Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clifford Hynds Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 11:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Repairs on hold while i fix my K3 12V ERR - now Fixed Well, Yet another fault in my shack the K3 decided to stop putting out power over 12W this last night and came up with the Error "12V ERR" so off to the internet to see if it was an easy fix, well yes and no. Turns out i is a common problem in older K3 mine is 891 not ancient but older and as the previous owner was a contester probably worked hard. The fault was the discoloured pins on P67B on main board from high current, The older units did not have gold plated pins. The entire rear end had to be disassembled but pretty easy. PA removed and the PAIO board , anyway this is probably not new to the group but I must say the modular design simplifies the repair. After replacing the six blackened pins from parts left over from my K2 build all good. Not to mention the step by step repair here http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KPA3%20Power%20Connector%20Replacement.pdf So now the K3 after reassembly back up and running. Now back to fixing my K2 which hasn't even been on air yet. 73 Cliff ______________________________________________________________ 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
