Re: [Elecraft] KPA-500 low voltage on start

2012-02-16 Thread Don Wilhelm
Cary, You use a Dryer plug! While that is overkill for the KPA500, it is definitely OK. If you cut the 120 volt end off the power cable, you will have a white, a black and a green conductor. The white and the black wires should connect to the "hot" 240 volt connectors in your plug, and the gr

[Elecraft] KPA-500 low voltage on start

2012-02-16 Thread Hunsdon Cary III
Just finished my build and it went together beautifully. My 220 socket is wired like a dryer 220 socket so I removed the plug from the cable (OK per Dale at Elecraft0 and installed a 220 plug for the socket. When I start it up the HV reads .1 (yes, point one) and 0 current. Could I have the n