TNX FOR ALL YOUR INPUT ON THIS. I found that by running the radio until the 8.5V limit is hit on the KX3 and it shuts down I took out the batteries and tested them on a Radio shack battery tester that I had, I let the thing load the battery and watch for the reading drop. All cells held their voltage and found one bad cell that the voltage was lower than the rest and fell like a rock under the load of the tester. Key thing here is leave the meter test the battery for around 10 seconds or so.
Now replaced bad AA cell re charged, For 16 hours. Battery voltage came up to 11.4V. Tried to recharge for another 4 hours and the KX3 shut down. Why did it do that? I thought 12 volts is where Max charge. Is the some sort of algorithm it goes thought to determine if the cells are fully charged?? -- Jim K9TF ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
