Guy, I have repaired several lightning damaged K2/100s. To protect against a re-repair within my 90 day warranty period, I arbitrarily replace all the active devices in the KPA100 and then do any required repairs to the base K2, usually replacing at least the firmware chip - usually little else is required (that depends on whether the surge came on the antenna or the power cord or both) I have done 4 so far with no ill effects nor complaints from my customers afterwards.
One caveat that I must adhere to is that if there is visible damage to the board, that is an indication that possibly capacitors, inductors, resistors and relay points have been damaged too, and I would advise the customer that it is not repairable at a cost less than that of a new unit. I don't know if Elecraft has a policy on this sort of thing or not, and I certainly don't know about the K3 question. 73, Don W3FPR Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > That's not as much a dig as it might sound. A common occurrence after > lightning damage is for components to weaken and then fail later on, > on their own inconvenient schedule. > > A question for the K3 repair guru's...is a lightning damaged board > replaced and tossed, or repair of the lightning damage attempted? Is > the warranty for such repair the same, or is there a caveat for > lightning damage? > > 73, Guy. > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
