We're quite lucky here in nawthrun Vuhginya to be on an electric coop where our juice runs between 11¢ to 12¢ per kw-hr.
However, I personally find it distasteful to leave a linear power supply "idling" 24/7 not running anything. In reality, I'm just plain too cheap to waste the power to keep a big linear supply on all the time. My K3s and VHF tri-bander are powered by a 24C battery, charged through a 45 watt solar panel system. I do turn on the "aux" 4 Amp charger when I am actually transmitting to keep the DC up a bit. 73, Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 5:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Which of these would make the best power supply for the K3(S)? On Thu,10/29/2015 1:41 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: > I am yet another guy who leaves the Astron on 24x7 unless we leave for vacation of more than a day. You might not do that if you lived in W6, where, thanks to Enron, the cost of power is MUCH higher than in most of the US. In Chicago, my worst case differential cost of power was about $0.13/kWh; here in CA, it's in the range of $0.36/kWh. In Chicago, an Astron ran 24/7. In CA, I use the quietest, most efficient switcher I can find, supplementing it with solar panels during the summer months. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ 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]
