I'll repeat W2CS suggestion, get a UPS, then plug the K3's power supply into the UPS. Since you are trying only to allow yourself to shut down cleanly, you can get the smallest capacity, and therefore the cheapest version. It will handle the K3's RX current for quite a while, even with a small UPS.
Some of the commentary seems to be about creating a full run floating battery alternate supply. If you want that, it's one approach, but if all you want is orderly shut down, you hardly need go that far. If you already have a UPS for your PC, plug the K3's power supply into that UPS. When you are operating with AC the extra drain makes no difference to the UPS. When the power goes down, cease transmitting quickly and you will be fine. The K3 in RX only adds about 20 watts to the load on the AC. 73, Guy. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: > The danger with the K3 seems to be if power is removed while it's actively > writing new data to memory. Early in the K3 program several people who > switched power off at the supply quickly reported finding the firmware > "corrupted" in various ways upon restoring power because of that. > > Certainly no physical damage was done, but it is rather inconvenient to > reload all the firmware. > > 73, > > Ron AC7AC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
