Ouch, sorry to hear that. If you are lucky it may have only blew a cap or possibly belted a trace.
I would open it up and look at the PA deck to look for obvious damage. As far as future prevention, label clearly and double check.One thing I do not like on the K3 (and mosst radios that use Power-poles) is that the Power-poles are not recessed, it makes it way to easy to put them in to the side. I build distribution boxes and the Power Poles are slightly recessed to prevent this. I have a part I machined that will surround the power-pole and prevent this, I just need to install-it on My K3 next time I have it apart. From: roger wood <roger.w...@ieee.org> To: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 1:24 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3: reverse 12 volt supply I managed to connect a 12 volt car battery backwards to the K3. There was a lot of smoke and the breaker popped. The RX and TX appear to have survived, however the internal 100 Watt amplifier now shows an over-current fault and quickly switches off. I haven't dared open it up yet - far too depressed now. I'll leave it till next weekend. Any comments on what I might expect to find inside and how to idiot-proof it for my future operation? 73 Roger KK3RW / G3WEW ______________________________________________________________ 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 hlyin...@yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________ 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