Re: Wattage Draw - K3S/100 vs KPA500/KAT500 - for UPS

Posted by Don Wilhelm on Aug 30, 2017; 12:28pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Wattage-Draw-K3S-100-vs-KPA500-KAT500-for-UPS-tp7633842p7633847.html

Tom,

That 3000 watts I mentioned is for everything in the station.
The KPA500 alone needs 120 volts at about 13 amps, maybe peaking to
something greater.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/30/2017 8:16 AM, KQ5S-Tom wrote:
> 3000W at 120V is 25 amps.  He had better have a dedicate circuit.  I believe if I had to run a dedicated circuit I would run a 220 circuit for the amp and put everything else on the UPS.
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