Don: I was concerned with the value on U12. Depending on which terminal I was on, the resistance varied. I should have been more specific about the question. Sorry for the confusion.
Don Wilhelm-4 wrote: > > Steve, > > The instructions indicate that the listed values are the lowest that > should be measured. The instructions state that greater values than > those listed are quite probable. If the readings are not less than the > listed values, all is OK. > > Greater than means that larger values are OK - smaller values are bad. - > yours are OK. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > KC2VNI wrote: >> I am on pages 44 and 45 of the assembly manual and have made it through >> all >> the steps. In going through the resistance checks, I got the following >> values: >> >> - At the power poles (12VDC), all I got was an infinite resistance no >> matter >> which way I made the measured it. >> >> - At the R36 test point, I got 239.5 ohms which beats the 150 ohm >> criteria >> listed >> >> - At the U12 test point, I got 2 different values: >> a) 4.86 kilo-ohms at the terminal furthest from the blue electrolytic >> capacitor in the neighborhood of the U12 regulator >> b) 237.2 ohms at the terminal closest to the blue electrolytic >> capacitor >> in the neighborhood of the U12 regulator >> >> - At the U13 test point, I got the following: 423 ohms. >> >> >> Question: Am I okay to go ahead and apply power for the initial power on >> check (aka "smoke test") on page 46? >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-Build-Questions-tp4410947p4411259.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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

