Charger hot and funny smell,should i be worried ?

[stewarty]

May 2, 2014 12:48:49 GMT scotsman said:

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 )

Looking at the picture it is the same as my i4 but smaller ... the cable should unplug next to the yellow sticker ... try replacing it with one from a radio or camera charger etc as it is a really common type of cable that you may already have in the house

At least that way you can put a 3A fuse in it for peace of mind while you test it

[ronaldo]

if it charges up your new batteries ok then it is the new efest batteries at fault and you will need to return them we have a batch of faulty efests at work so i know there is few doing the rounds

[scotsman]

Funny you should say that ronaldo one of the efest appears like its not charging compaired to the other i have in there,the little light bars are lit solid on the other but the efest side keeps flashing

[scotsman]

Its the cell itself i just tested it with multimeter after hours charge it reads 3.1v range vape escape there going to replace it in the mean time i`l source another lead for this charger

[stewarty]

May 2, 2014 12:51:55 GMT scotsman said:

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 )

I got one from Fastech as well and it works fine just replaced the cable with one similar to this

www.amazon.co.uk/Figure-mains-2-5Amp-metre-cable/dp/B000Q8HF04

[collie2011]

It's a standard figure of 8 cable, I'd replace with one attached to a 3 pin plug, but I don't trust those shaving adapters lol.

Mine is in the kitchen charging now and has been on for 45 minutes, it feels body temperature.

[ronaldo]

told you i know what i am talking about them chargers are the only ones i would trust in my house iwork withthemallday andthey never go faulty i repair a lot of the other popular ones but never these and like isaid a lot of faulty efests are doing the rounds i never liked themto start with overprced rubbish any more help needed give me a shout

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You are just fab ronaldo

[ronaldo]

i know im the best the very best thank you i just knowmy job well thats all