Hello Fred,
I've seen a few oddities in the battery charger also. I think some
variables that you change don't have immediate effect for some reason I've
not bothered to investigate.
Try setting the charging parameters you want, then exit the menus and turn
the KX3 off with the 2 button salute. Then turn it back on and start the
charge cycle.
Regards,
Peter VK4JD
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Fred Carvalho
Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013 8:25 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KXBC3 behavior
Hi Rich
Thanks input. When it stopped charging, it is very unlikely that batteries
reached 45C. I felt no
abnormal temperature. The case was as warm as it was one hour earlier.
As I said, no error message was
issued. The charging never resumed.
I have depleted the batteries and went thru a 16hours charging cycle.
Close to 12 hours latter,
same thing happened again. Charge stopped.
I have emailed the factory couple days ago and I am waiting their input on
it.
Regards Fred PY2XB
Fred,
Most likely the battery temperature got up to 45 degrees C and charging was
suspended until they cooled to 40 C. Normally a message should appearwhen
that happens.
73,
Rich AC7MA
On 02/01/2013 12:02 PM, Fred Carvalho wrote:
* Hi Folks. Sorry if this has been asked/explained before.** I have
installed the KXBC3 NiMH Battery Charger module. I am using 2300mh/h**
NiMH AA cells.** I have plugged a bench power supply with voltage/amp
meters so I can check** what is going on. My cells were not empty, so
I have chosen 4 hours charge.** I set the PS to 14VDC. The PS amp
meter reads 390mA during the charging,** which is about 190mA for the
rig RX drain plus 200mA for the batteries. So** far so good.** I
monitor the elapsed time in the MENU/BAT CHG and the BAT voltage,
which** goes up to 11.7V. After 1 hour and so, the elapsed time
chronometer stops.** The PS amp meter reads only 190mA. So it seems
that the charger stopped** charging. That is in-line with the fact
that the battery was somewhat** charged.** I go to MENU/BAT CHG and
turn the charger OFF. I also unplug the power** supply. The battery
voltage drops to 11V on the screen.** In any phase of the process I
got no error message.***
* Is this an expected behavior ? I have not seen anywhere an explanation
of** what happens if the battery is totally charged. Is the counter
supposed to** stop, or it should keep on sending charge to the battery
until the total** programmed time elapses?. Any input is appreciated.
Thanks*
--
Fred - PY2XB
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