Drop in 8 “Copper Tops” and enjoy the radio today! Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill
> On Apr 1, 2018, at 1:16 PM, Dauer, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Several replies suggested I check the voltage of the NiMH batteries as a > first step. Did so this morning, with an interesting result. Of the eight > (all are 2700 mAh Powerex NiMH 1.2 v nominal), the mean voltage was less than > a half volt (0.45 VDC); the median and mode were each less than one tenth of > a volt (0.06 VDC.) The best of them was only 1.23 and 5 of them were at 0.06 > VDC or a bit less. So much for advertised shelf life. Seems that the KX3 > draws some trickle current even when turned off. > > It might be they could be resuscitated with another charger, but Don Wilhelm > wisely cautions against it. With this deep a discharge, the charging current > could be excessive without having a constant-current lab-type charger, which > I don’t have. Best to just replace the whole bunch. > > Of course I would learn this on Easter morning, when there are none for sale > anywhere nearby. > > If replacing all eight doesn’t fix the error message I’ll post again with > another plea for ideas. Thanks, all, for the advice; have a great holiday > weekend. > > Ted, KN1CBR > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]Ù]™\˜[ ™\Y\È ÝYÙÙ\ÝYHÚXÚÈ H ›Û YÙHÙˆ HšSR˜] \šY\È\ÈHš\œÝ Ý\ ˆY ÛÈ \È[Ü›š[™Ë Ú][ˆ[\™\Ý[™È ™\Ý[ ˆÙˆ HZYÚ > [\™H Ì PZÝÙ\™^šSR KŒˆ ˆ›ÛZ[˜[ > K HYX[ˆ ›Û YÙH Ø\È\ÜÈ [ˆH[ˆ ›Û > > H‘ÊNÈ HYYX[ˆ[™[ÙH Ù\™HXXÚ\ÜÈ [ˆÛ™H [ÙˆH ›Û > Œ > ˆ‘ËŠHH™\ÝÙˆ [H Ø\ÈÛ› H KŒŒÈ[™ > HÙˆ [H Ù\™H] Œ > ˆ‘È܈Hš]\ÜˈÛÈ]Xڛ܈Y ™\\ÙY Ú[ˆY™KˆÙY[\È ] HÖ > È ˜]ÜÈ ÛÛYH šXÚÛHÝ\œ™[]™[ˆ Ú[ˆ \›™YÙ™‹ƒBƒB’]ZYÚ ™H ^HÛÝ[™H ™\Ý\ØÚ]]Y Ú][›Ý\ˆÚ\™Ù\‹]ÛˆÚ[[H Ú\Ù[ HØ]][ÛœÈYØZ[œÝ] ˆÚ] \ÈY\H\ØÚ\™ÙK HÚ\™Ú[™ÈÝ\œ™[ÛÝ[™H^Ù\ÜÚ]™H Ú]Ý]]š[™ÈHÛÛœÝ[ XÝ\œ™[X‹] \HÚ\™Ù\‹ ÚXÚHÛ¸ > > &]]™Kˆ™\Ý È\Ý ™\XÙH H ÚÛH[˜Ú ƒBƒB“ÙˆÛÝ\œÙHH ÛÝ[X\›ˆ \ÈÛˆX\Ý\ˆ[Ü›š[™Ë Ú[ˆ \™H\™H›Û™H›Üˆ Ø[H[ž]Ú\™H™X\˜žKƒBƒB’Yˆ ™\XÚ[™È[ZYÚ Ù\Û¸ > &]š^ H\œ›ÜˆY\ÜØYÙHx > &[ ÜÝYØZ[ˆ Ú][›Ý\ˆ XH›ÜˆYX\ˈ[šÜË[ ›Üˆ HY šXÙNÈ]™HHÜ™X]ÛY^H ÙYZÙ[™ ƒBƒB•Y ÓŒPДƒBƒB—××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××ב[XܘYXZ[[™È\Ý’ÛYNˆ ‹ËÛXZ[X[‹œ] ›™] ÛXZ[X[‹Û\Ý[™›ËÙ[XܘY’[ ˆ ‹ËÛXZ[X[‹œ] ›™] Û[Y˜\Kš B”Ü݈XZ[ Α[XܘYXZ[X[‹œ] ›™]‚•\È\ÝÜÝYžNˆ ‹ËÝÝÝËœ\Û ›™]”X\ÙH[ Ý\ Ü \È[XZ[\݈ ‹ËÝÝÝËœ\Û ›™] ÙÛ˜]Kš [“Y\ÜØYÙH[]™\™Y ȜРÚYÛXZÙ\‹˜ÛÛ ______________________________________________________________ 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]
