Thanks all. The 200v tolerance will handle the minimal energy produced by the reed relay field collapsing.
73 jim ab3cv On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > Why do you need to look at the schematic. The K3S specification says it > will handle +200 volts at 5 Amps, so those are the limits at the box level. > No matter what the device data sheet for a device might indicate, there > can be other considerations in the K3S design (or other 'boxes') that say > you should observe the specifications for the entire unit rather than > trying to re-engineer from the device specifications. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 9/7/2015 7:59 PM, Jim Miller wrote: > >> I don't have schematics for my K3S but going by those for the K3. The >> KeyOut line (RCA Jack) is driven by a IRF1630 which appears to be out of >> production. Either than or it is a misprint and is actually a IRF630. >> >> If the latter it appears pretty burly. Can I assume it can drive a pair of >> reed relays without suffering an inductive kick failure? >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
