Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Battery needs CPR

2009-02-04 Thread Ingo Meyer, DK3RED
Hello Tom, I know I be late but hope not too late. > The problem was that I went QRT for a year or so and left the battery > unattended and now it won't hold a charge. ... > Any ideas would be appreciated. Maybe your battery has a chance, but without guarantee. You say the battery don't hold t

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Battery needs CPR

2009-01-20 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tom, Sorry, but there is no good cure for your exhausted SLA battery. They do have a limited lifetime, but if left discharged for a significant length of time, there is no bringing them back. I would guess that your efforts to bring it back to life would cost you more time and energy than th

[Elecraft] K2 - Battery needs CPR

2009-01-20 Thread Tom McCulloch
Hi all, I know, I know... I should have used a trickle charger on my K2's battery like the one Don, W3FPR talks about at: http://w3fpr.qrpradio.com/index.htm . But I didn't. Before I take the easy way out and order a new battery from Elecraft (only 30 bucks, so that's not too bad), does anyo