With my old Fluke 97 in series with the PowerPole input to my
K3/10 (#6299), I saw 0 as the parasitic current. I couldn't even
measure anything on the microamp scale.
When I turned the K3 and P3/SVGA on, the current readings were
much higher on the meter than on the K3 internal meter. (On the
order of 1.8A vs 0.75A.) Turning the P3 off with the front panel
switch reduced the difference to something on the order of 200
milliamps. It sounds like most of the parasitic current is being
drawn by the 100 watt option (or the internal turner).
FWIW, my K3 has the 2M internal transverter and a bunch of
crystal filters as the only significant internal options. (My
XYL, KI6SLX, is giving me the 100 watt internal amp this Christmas.)
Cheers - Bill, AE6JV
On 10/16/13 at 8:06 PM, [email protected] (Ron D'Eau Claire) wrote:
I disconnected the PA in my K3 at the circuit breaker and the parasitic
current from the 13.8V supply dropped from 38mA to nearly zero.
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