Just don't turn the charger on. ;) On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 13:33 Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> wrote:
> Drop in 8 “Copper Tops” and enjoy the radio today! > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > On Apr 1, 2018, at 1:16 PM, Dauer, Edward <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: > > > > Several replies suggested I check the voltage of the NiMH batteries as a > first step. Did so this morning, with an interesting result. Of the > eight (all are 2700 mAh Powerex NiMH 1.2 v nominal), the mean voltage was > less than a half volt (0.45 VDC); the median and mode were each less than > one tenth of a volt (0.06 VDC.) The best of them was only 1.23 and 5 of > them were at 0.06 VDC or a bit less. So much for advertised shelf life. > Seems that the KX3 draws some trickle current even when turned off. > > > > It might be they could be resuscitated with another charger, but Don > Wilhelm wisely cautions against it. With this deep a discharge, the > charging current could be excessive without having a constant-current > lab-type charger, which I don’t have. Best to just replace the whole > bunch. > > > > Of course I would learn this on Easter morning, when there are none for > sale anywhere nearby. > > > > If replacing all eight doesn’t fix the error message I’ll post again > with another plea for ideas. Thanks, all, for the advice; have a great > holiday weekend. > > > > Ted, KN1CBR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 n...@widomaker.com Ù]™\˜[ ™\ Y\È ÝYÙÙ\Ý Y H Ú > XÚÈ H ›Û YÙH Ùˆ H šSR ˜] \šY\È \È H š\œÝ Ý \ ˆ Y ÛÈ \È > [Ü›š[™Ë Ú] [ˆ [ \™\Ý [™È ™\Ý[ ˆ Ùˆ H ZYÚ > > [ \™H Ì PZ ÝÙ\™^ šSR KŒˆ ˆ ›ÛZ[˜[ > > K H YX[ˆ ›Û YÙH Ø\È \ÜÈ [ˆ H [ ˆ ›Û > > > > H ‘ ÊNÈ H YY X[ˆ [™ [Ù H Ù\™H XXÚ \ÜÈ [ˆ Û™H [ Ùˆ H ›Û > > Œ > > ˆ ‘ ËŠH H ™\Ý Ùˆ [H Ø\È Û› H KŒŒÈ [™ > > H Ùˆ [H Ù\™H ] Œ > > ˆ ‘ È Üˆ H š] \Üˈ ÛÈ ]XÚ ›Üˆ Y ™\ \ÙY Ú [ ˆ Y™Kˆ ÙY[\È ] H > Ö È ˜]ÜÈ ÛÛYH šXÚÛ H Ý\œ™[ ]™[ˆ Ú [ˆ \›™Y Ù™‹ƒBƒB’] ZYÚ ™H ^H > ÛÝ[ ™H ™\Ý\ØÚ] ] Y Ú] [›Ý \ˆ Ú \™Ù\‹ ] Ûˆ Ú[ [ H Ú\Ù[ H Ø]] [ÛœÈ > YØZ[œÝ ] ˆ Ú] \È Y\ H \ØÚ \™ÙK H Ú \™Ú[™È Ý\œ™[ ÛÝ[ ™H ^ > Ù\ÜÚ]™H Ú] Ý] ]š[™È H ÛÛœÝ [ XÝ\œ™[ X‹] \ H Ú \™Ù\‹ Ú XÚ H Û¸ &] > ]™Kˆ ™\Ý È \Ý ™\ XÙH H Ú Û H [˜Ú ƒBƒB“Ùˆ ÛÝ\œÙH H ÛÝ[ X\›ˆ > \È Ûˆ X\Ý \ˆ [Ü›š[™Ë Ú [ˆ \™H \™H ›Û™H ›Üˆ Ø[ H [ž]Ú \™H ™X\˜žKƒBƒB’Yˆ > ™\ XÚ[™È [ ZYÚ Ù\Û¸ &] š^ H \œ›Üˆ Y\ÜØYÙH x &[ ÜÝ YØZ[ˆ Ú] > [›Ý \ˆ XH ›Üˆ Y X\ˈ [šÜË [ ›Üˆ H Y šXÙNÈ ]™H H Ü™X] Û Y ^H > ÙYZÙ[™ ƒBƒB• Y > ÓŒPДƒBƒB—××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××ב[ > XܘY XZ[ [™È \Ý ’ ÛYNˆ ‹ËÛXZ[ X[‹œ] ›™] ÛXZ[ X[‹Û \Ý [™›ËÙ[ XܘY ’ > [ ˆ ‹ËÛXZ[ X[‹œ] ›™] Û[Y˜\Kš B” ÜÝ ˆ XZ[ Α[ XܘY XZ[ X[‹œ] ›™] > ‚• \È \Ý ÜÝ Y žNˆ ‹ËÝÝÝËœ\Û ›™] ” X\ÙH [ Ý\ Ü \È [XZ[ > \Ý ˆ ‹ËÝÝÝËœ\Û ›™] Ù Û˜] Kš [ “Y\ÜØYÙH [ ]™\™Y È œ Ð ÚY ÛXZÙ\‹˜ÛÛ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 r...@wc3t.us -- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 PA Army MARS, Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* ______________________________________________________________ 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
