Charger hot and funny smell,should i be worried ?

[ronaldo]

there you go it is suitable for uk use

[ronaldo]

dont buy replacement from myepack as if faulty they wont respond to e-mailsask smifee

[scotsman]

ronaldo

What fuse would you recomend ?

[ronaldo]

3a fuse is what i would recommend

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ronaldo our techie guru....where would we be without you?

[scotsman]

I might give this a try and if it still heats up look at another

like i said never noticed it before untill i put in new cells

[stewarty]

My Nicore i4 came with a 2 prong cable but it was the figure of 8 type that plugs into the back of the charger so I just swapped the whole cable for a UK one from an old radio ... Mine has worked perfect for almost a year now

[ronaldo]

May 2, 2014 12:26:32 GMT @johanino said:

ronaldo our techie guru....where would we be without you?

always willing tohelp

[Clivia]

I would throw it away - if it has already smelt burnt - then there IS something wrong with it

[stewarty]

Maybe a silly question but none of the batteries were in the wrong way round reversing the polarity ? That would make it stink

[scotsman]

I understand where you are coming from Clivia im going to closely monitor it while it charges one of the original cells i have never had this problem with

Nope all cells right way around that was one of the first things i checked lol

Its charging an old cell now and its warm to touch ( my hands are allways cold ) so i used my wrist and it feals ok
i will repeat with new cell and see where it takes me

[Clivia]

ok scotsman - as long as you are very careful I shall relax

[stewarty]

Just checked my i4 that has been on for about an hour and both batteries and the charger itself are cold to the touch (or colder than my hand anyway)

Got to agree with others that it sounds a bit dodgy .....

Did you buy it from UK or was it from abroad

[scotsman]

Clivia I kid you not its in the kitchen on a glass chopping board with a fire extinguisher beside it ( i keep a small one in the living room as we have a wood burner )

[scotsman]

stewarty

Yes it was baught in the uk at local B&M i did go back in and say there was no plug and they gave me the shaver adapter i did think it was rather odd but never gave it alot of though at the time. I have since stopped going to this shop as they were selling FT stock x4/5 what they paid for it and passing it off to the unaware as genuine kit,i vowed never to go back and if this charger is bad i`d sooner buy another than take it back ( they`d probally re box it and sell it )