So I got a new, factory-assembled KX3 yesterday, with charger installed. I bought eight Rayovac Platinum NiMH 2000mA cells ready to go, inserted them, and ran the radio on batteries for just a few minutes, when I got the LO BATT message. So I started charging them, with timer on 12 hrs.
After about two hours, they had gotten over 40° and charging halted until they had cooled down again. The next morning, charging was in its last 7 minutes, so it must have halted more often over the course. Is this normal? Or is my ingoing voltage too high, coming from a wall wart rated at 13-15.8V @ 960mA? Are the batteries (or one/some of them) defective? I bought them in two packs of four each. Were the batteries still way too full when I started charging? I didnt check voltage at the LOW BATT warning. When should such batteries get charged, at what voltage level? Other than that, I cannot say much because I am still working on an antenna. But the CW code practice setting works really nice :-). It even goes up to 700 Hz (not 600 as per manual). Thank you for your expert advice. 73, Arno ______________________________________________________________ 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
