On Jun 23, 10:33*am, David Robinson
wrote:
I've just bought a replacement camera battery charger from eBay.

Three things about it make me concerned.

Firstly, it gets hot. As in "almost wouldn't want a small child to
touch it" hot.

If its hot enough to cause pain when you keep your hand on it, its too
hot for safety or reliability.


Secondly, it never said the battery was fully charged. It kept
charging (with the light red, rather than green), long after the
battery must have been fully charged.

what battery chemistry are we talking? NiCds dont mind overcharging.


Thirdly, the supplied cable has a standard IEC_60320 C7/C8 at one end,
but a UK mains plug without a fuse at the other end.

not legal, and not entirely safe

The mains plug is
very small and almost clover leaf shaped - barely 5mm larger than the
pins in any direction.

hasnt been legal for decades


Is it legal to have a UK plug without a fuse when it feeds a flex? The
plug is marked 250V 10A.

Interestingly, the IEC_60320 C7 plug is optimistically marked 250V 25A
(I doubt it could handle 3A).

Cheers,
David.

Could you give us a photo, or a few, if possible on a white
background, for use on the wiki? Thanks if you do,


NT