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Purchased my Taigen Tiger from RCtankde, it came supplied with a European spec charger. Upon querying this I was assured all I needed was an adapter, so bought one from B&Q. Anyhow after an hour of charging the charger got very hot and some of the casing started to melt. Unplugged it straight away. Speaking to an electrician he stated these adapters are only really designed for shavers etc and possibly the charger was drawing in to much power? (I'm not an electrician) anyhow he advised that I try and get a UK charger, who sells these for the taigen tanks?

I usually use these people for batteries, chargers, adapters, and so forth.------
www.componentshop.co.uk
Shaun.

Melting ?
My charger(s) get very warm after a two hour charge of the stock 2000 mah battery, but not dangerously so.

I would never leave the house while a battery was charging........

If the casing on the charger got hot and melted I would suspect a faulty charger, rather than the EU adapter.

I used to live in France and used to run all sorts through the adapters without any problems. The EU plugs are very plasticky and fragile but I still have one stuck on the end of a UK 5 plug socket strip, it allows me to use UK plugs when I am abroad. They are rated for 230v so are ok for 240v.

The charger is pulling very low amps, so if it overheated it would indicate an internal problem, such is life with Chinese 'lectrics!

aikmanmosquito wrote:Purchased my Taigen Tiger from RCtankde, it came supplied with a European spec charger. Upon querying this I was assured all I needed was an adapter, so bought one from B&Q. Anyhow after an hour of charging the charger got very hot and some of the casing started to melt. Unplugged it straight away. Speaking to an electrician he stated these adapters are only really designed for shavers etc and possibly the charger was drawing in to much power? (I'm not an electrician) anyhow he advised that I try and get a UK charger, who sells these for the taigen tanks?

Ordinary shaving adapters are not up to the job. You need something like this:

I bought two, and they have a robust feel. After considerable use, I can report that I didn't end up medium-rare (as per products on 'Fake Britain')...nor did they produce any unhealthy clouds of toxic smoke!
Like, Shaun (Jarndice), I also use the Componentshop. I bought a 7.2v dc power supply/ battery charger from them, made by Vapex. It works very well and, unlike the typical charger (European two pin or Uk three pin), this one has an LED
that lights up when the battery pack is fully charged. Normally, you get no indication, and thus you have to calculate how many hours the battery needs (4-5 hours typically for a 7.2dcv 2000 maH niMH battery pack), and hope you have enough juice for wild tanking session....

B&Q sell two different 2 pin adaptors. One is for UK shaver plug conversions. The other is the UK equivalent of a travel adaptor for people from the EU. They have very different specifications.