Re: [Elecraft] Power-surge!

2009-02-28 Thread 8P9HA
I am have not been able to find the AC power sense shut Off in the K3 manual, could you please indicate where in the manual refers to this? JIM DAVIS-11 wrote: To the Elecraft Crew, Many thanks for building into the K3 to sense when the AC power is not there and shut-off completely!

Re: [Elecraft] Power-surge!

2009-02-27 Thread -.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.-
Yes, I am glad this is a great feature in my K3. It actually works well and saved my radio too. Good job Elecraft in keeping the customer. JIM DAVIS-11 wrote: To the Elecraft Crew, Many thanks for building into the K3 to sense when the AC power is not there and shut-off completely!

[Elecraft] Power-surge!

2009-02-24 Thread JIM DAVIS
To the Elecraft Crew, Many thanks for building into the K3 to sense when the AC power is not there and shut-off completely! I say this because earlier this morning here locally there was a PGE power outage. Initially the juice went off and then just a few mil-secs the power tried to come

Re: [Elecraft] Power-surge!

2009-02-24 Thread Jim Brown
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:02:58 -0800, JIM DAVIS wrote: Many thanks for saving our BABY! Several thoughts. First, the K3 is isolated from the AC line by whatever DC supply you are using with it. For many years, I've run the 12VDC powered equipment in my hamshack from a big battery that is

Re: [Elecraft] Power-surge!

2009-02-24 Thread Jim Wiley
At least one manufacturer (Tripp-Lite / Isobar) advertises that if your equipment is damaged from a power surge when powered thru their device they will repair or replace it for free. I use their surge suppressors for my computers, and have never had a problem, although they tend to make a