Re: [Elecraft] K3 ERR 12 V

2015-09-06 Thread DGB
Just finished up the jumper trick. Working great now! 73 Dwight NS9I On 9/6/2015 9:22 AM, Roger D Johnson wrote: It's pretty easy to jumper around the pins. 73, Roger On 9/6/2015 8:13 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: What is you serial number? Intermittent ERR 12V is one early warning sign of

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ERR 12 V

2015-09-06 Thread Roger D Johnson
It's pretty easy to jumper around the pins. 73, Roger On 9/6/2015 8:13 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: What is you serial number? Intermittent ERR 12V is one early warning sign of the "burned 12V pins" on the KPAIO3 and KPA3 boards. If you have an early K3 that did not have the "gold pins" on

[Elecraft] K3 ERR 12 V

2015-09-06 Thread Kurt Wiksten
During the ongoing All Asia Contest, after a few hours of sleep, I started to call Cq on 20m using my Acom 1000+ K3 at 50 W. After about 20 minutes I noticed ERR 12Volt and the power went down to 5 W so I switched off the K3 and power supply. After some 15 minutes of thinking I restarted the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ERR 12 V

2015-09-06 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
What is you serial number? Intermittent ERR 12V is one early warning sign of the "burned 12V pins" on the KPAIO3 and KPA3 boards. If you have an early K3 that did not have the "gold pins" on P68B of the KPA3 and J68B of the KPAIO3, I would be making plans to get them changed. 73, ... Joe,