[Elecraft] K3 fan leads?
I am putting my K3 back together after having to replace the original P67B connectors with gold pins after rtty contest smoked the pins last month. Tnx to Gary S for working with me long distance to figure out the problem. My K3 , #250 had plated pins vs the newer gold pins...this is a factory assembled K3 so I was very leery of diving into the guts of the rig. thankfully Gary walked me thru it and now the final step of putting lids back on, etc, I am hooking up the fans. I dont remember which goes to which, or if it even matters...a short lead, red/blue seems to fit the outboard pins and the longer lead, black/red seem to fit the inboard male connectors. Before I give it the smoke test, do I need to correct this? Finally, on the power leads to the 20A fuse...I have outmost going to top connector and innermost going to bottom connector of circuit breaker. Not sure if it makes a difference but at this point, just b4 ssb contest, dont want to make bonehead mistake. Tnx and CU in test Tom CX7TT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] K3 fan leads?
I am putting my K3 back together after having to replace the original P67B connectors with gold pins after rtty contest smoked the pins last month. Tnx to Gary S for working with me long distance to figure out the problem. My K3 , #250 had plated pins vs the newer gold pins...this is a factory assembled K3 so I was very leery of diving into the guts of the rig. thankfully Gary walked me thru it and now the final step of putting lids back on, etc, I am hooking up the fans. I dont remember which goes to which, or if it even matters...a short lead, red/blue seems to fit the outboard pins and the longer lead, black/red seem to fit the inboard male connectors. Before I give it the smoke test, do I need to correct this? Finally, on the power leads to the 20A fuse...I have outmost going to top connector and innermost going to bottom connector of circuit breaker. Not sure if it makes a difference but at this point, just b4 ssb contest, dont want to make bonehead mistake. Tnx and CU in test Tom CX7TT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 fan leads?
Hi Tom, This is covered in the KPA3 manual: http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KPA3_Option_Installation_Rev_E.pdf page 16. GL, ~Iain / N6ML On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:06 AM, cx...@4email.net wrote: I am putting my K3 back together after having to replace the original P67B connectors with gold pins after rtty contest smoked the pins last month. Tnx to Gary S for working with me long distance to figure out the problem. My K3 , #250 had plated pins vs the newer gold pins...this is a factory assembled K3 so I was very leery of diving into the guts of the rig. thankfully Gary walked me thru it and now the final step of putting lids back on, etc, I am hooking up the fans. I dont remember which goes to which, or if it even matters...a short lead, red/blue seems to fit the outboard pins and the longer lead, black/red seem to fit the inboard male connectors. Before I give it the smoke test, do I need to correct this? Finally, on the power leads to the 20A fuse...I have outmost going to top connector and innermost going to bottom connector of circuit breaker. Not sure if it makes a difference but at this point, just b4 ssb contest, dont want to make bonehead mistake. Tnx and CU in test Tom CX7TT __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
