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Check the power socket on the radio to see if the little yellow insulation tip on the end of the plug has not dislodged and is stuck in there. If that happened from another cable, you won’t be able to insert the plug in far enough to make contact. In this case it may be that the tip of the charger plug is stuck in there.

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Matt

VK1MA

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of gabrillo@...
Sent: Saturday, 7 September 2024 2:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ft817] Weird behaviour with power supply

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Hello everyone :)

I have recently came back to the ham radio hobby, and decided to remove some dust from my old FT-817 (not ND)

To my surprise, the unit refuses to turn on when connected to a 13.8V power supply, but when I use the 12V charger everything is normal

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I have checked the power supply with a tester and I see the correct voltage on both ends of the power cable, so I'm a little puzzled.?

I don't think this should be a problem, since the radio should work just fine even with 12V, still I'd like to understand what's happening

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Has someone experienced the same issue? I made a quick search on the topics and the FAQ, but didn't find any?

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Thanks!