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Hi Guys

After purchasing 2 Torro tank , I notice that the battrey charger is hot when charging, 1 of them even already have burning smell, any of you guys have same problem?

If its an out of the box charger, no surprise its smelling like its about to go up in flames.
Bin them both & buy a good charger.
Or dont bin them, but dont use them.
Get a good charger & be safe to use your tank batteries.

Take Hermans advise and get a decent charger,
Try Hobbyking for a selection of affordable chargers,
The Heng Long/Taigen/Torro chargers are if I am being generous slow and not up to the mark,
If I am being honest they are c*ap,
The only advantage of using one is that on a winters morning they are a fine source of heat in the workshop,
A decent charger will save you literally hours waiting for your battery/s to be charged and you wont have to endure the smell of burning.

yes, HL chargers,Taigen or others ? Only rhe name of charger, because in reality just a transformer and 4 diodes,no regulation or load monitoring,trash

This is good charger
https://radindustries.wordpress.com/201 ... batteries/

I have the IMAX B6AC, but it gets hot too. Just be careful when buying the B6 because there are a bunch of fakes of it. The real ones have a hologram sticker on them. How to tell the difference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ6hhP7dVvM

Indeed,there are copies ( bad ) a charger will always heat up,but within reason ,some are ventilated elsewhere.It is sure that between a charg at 300 Mah ma and a 3 Ah ( speed ) ? In rapid heat up.I have this ine and am very satified with it Work mains and batteries below other type

The very nature of the charging operation means that both charger and battery will heat up. It is a question of degree.