Charging the KX2 battery with solar

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Good afternoon everyone,

I have a Bioenno Power solar charge controller (SC-1220JU), and I'm
wondering if there would be any issues with charging the KX2's internal
battery with that charge controller.  Thanks for the help!

-Brad Butler
W6BJB/JS6TQS

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[Christopher Hoover]

On the KX2, you have to remove the cover, unplug the battery from the
radio, and plug the battery into the external charger (KXBC2).

No reason you can't interface an external solar charge controller to the
battery.

-- Christopher
73 de AI6KG




On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Brad J. Butler via Elecraft <
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> Good afternoon everyone,
>
> I have a Bioenno Power solar charge controller (SC-1220JU), and I'm
> wondering if there would be any issues with charging the KX2's internal
> battery with that charge controller.  Thanks for the help!
>
> -Brad Butler
> W6BJB/JS6TQS
>
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[Terje Elde]

> On 18 May 2017, at 17:19, Christopher Hoover <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> No reason you can't interface an external solar charge controller to the
> battery.

The specific charger that was linked to is for a different battery chemistry though (LiFePo4), which has a different voltage range. You'd never charge it fully with the linked charger.

Terje Elde / LB8KH
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