开云体育Mike, that power conditioner looks great. Without knowing how you have designed the circuits in the device, I am wondering if you have also (intentionally or otherwise) solved the excessive power-off battery drain that happens in the FT-817/818 when there is something plugged into the barrel connector. I felt I should share the attached schematic that details one potential fix. The often-seen phenomenon of the overnight dead-battery is caused by a CPU-controlled sense on the DC jack that changes the radio's behavior. Anything connected to the jack, even an unpowered lead, will cause excessive power draw when the radio is off. The current drain is from the CPU; it's not a passive current draw. You can tell a fix is needed with your powerpole adapter if the backlight (when set to Auto in settings) stays on all the time when there is a connector in the jack. This means the power-off draw is ~4 mA instead of the usual .5-1 mA. If your powerpole adapter is connected and the auto-backlight times out as it should, no further fix is needed. On 25 Jul 2024, at 8:42, Mike Bryce wrote:
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