GM All,
Not long ago, I sent a request in to the Mothership support center asking about the MTBF for the relays in the K3 and KAT500 ( and possibly all of the Elecraft products). Doug's response back was to send me the manufacture's part numbers of three types of relays. He suggested that I could easily looked up the datasheets on the internet and obtain the information I would need. Having now the part numbers; 1. Panasonic AGN2104H 2. Omron G6E-134P-ST-US-DC12 and G6K-2P-DC5 This is what I found. The number of mechanical and electrical cycles, for the most part, is generally a minimum of 100 million cycles mechanical and slightly less in electrical. These values were calculated at the rate of 36,000 times per hour. So rest easy, if you were ever concerned about the clicking and clacking and what it might be doing to the quality of the relays. They will probably out last the K3 and certainly you. Best regards and stay safe, Jerry, W1IE ______________________________________________________________ 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
