Well, that’s one way to do it. On my KX3 I simply turn the VFO B knob until the display is showing PS voltage, or BT voltage, whichever I desire.
73, Arlen - AA7F > On Jun 5, 2015, at 8:40 AM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gareth, > > The internal battery voltage does not increase. You have to understand what > the VFO voltage reading is telling you. It reads the highest supply voltage, > not always the internal battery voltage. > > If you are looking at the VFO B voltage display, you will see the highest > supply voltage applied. So, if your external supply is at a higher voltage > than the internal batteries, that voltage is what you will read. If you want > to see the voltage of the internal batteries only, you will need to > disconnect the external supply. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/5/2015 11:18 AM, Gareth - M5KVK wrote: >> Seems like there's a bit of a battery theme at the moment. >> >> I ahave the KXBC3 intalled with some Eneloop batteries. I notice that when >> I plug in the external PSU, the internal battery level increases: even >> though I'm not charging. >> >> Does this imply that just having the external PSU connected causes some >> charge to go into the internal batteries, or does one always have to use >> the internal charger? >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
