Thanks Bruce, Answered perfectly! Exactly what I wanted to know.
73, Stephen On 29 December 2011 15:53, Bruce Beford <bruce.bef...@myfairpoint.net>wrote: > > If I buy the KXBC3 NiMH battery/RTC option, can I still put ordinary > > alkaline manganese cells in it as well? > > Yes. > > > And would the KXBC3 know not to allow charging to occur? > > Wayne has said that this will be the case. What was not clear was if you > will have to set a switch or jumper on the KXBC3 board to "tell it" which > you have in. > > > Or would I need to swap the KXBC3 with the standard battery pack if I > > wanted to use non-rechargeables? > > See above. The battery holders themselves are screwed into the RF board and > would not be routinely removed. You would not remove or swap a "battery > pack". Rather, you would remove the rechargeable cells and install your > alkaline or lithium primary cells. The KXBC3 is the optional PC board that > has the charger/RTC circuitry on it. It will stay in place. > > 73, > Bruce, N1RX > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
