Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 12v outlet only puting out 11 volts

2014-02-19 Thread Richard Fjeld
nt: Monday, February 17, 2014 11:03:32 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 12v outlet only puting out 11 volts The P3 should work fine with 11V. When I tested mine it worked down to about 6V or so, although that is not guaranteed. It is normal for the K3 power connector to show a voltage drop compared

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 12v outlet only puting out 11 volts

2014-02-17 Thread Bill Frantz
K2 6299 had the aux power out mod installed on the factory supplied card. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV On 2/17/14 at 11:26 AM, ai...@comcast.net (mike) wrote: > I will check and see if the 12v upgrade was ever done > when I get the rig open again. I would have thought the newer K3 would have > received

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 12v outlet only puting out 11 volts

2014-02-17 Thread mike
Thanks for the replies. I have gone ahead and connected the P3/VGA to my 12v distribution panel. I plan on installing the 2 meter module in the K3 later this week or next. I will check and see if the 12v upgrade was ever done when I get the rig open again. I would have thought the newer K3 would ha

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 12v outlet only puting out 11 volts

2014-02-17 Thread Jim Sheldon
He's got the SVGA board in the P3. If he hasn't done the higher current mod to the K3 to get enough current out of that jack to run the P3 and SVGA, chances are it will trip the auto resetting fuse in the K3. I didn't do the mod to mine when I got the SVGA board, I just connected the P3 direct

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 12v outlet only puting out 11 volts

2014-02-17 Thread Alan Bloom
The P3 should work fine with 11V. When I tested mine it worked down to about 6V or so, although that is not guaranteed. It is normal for the K3 power connector to show a voltage drop compared to the 12V input connector, although 1.5V drop seems kind of high. Could some of that drop be in the

[Elecraft] [K3] 12v outlet only puting out 11 volts

2014-02-17 Thread mike
Unable to run P3/VGA from K3 12v output for K3 serial number #5981. Only seeing 11 volts when the K3 sees 12.5 volts. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-12v-outlet-only-puting-out-11-volts-tp7584345.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabbl