Ego battery getting hot while charging...

[erikbal]

I have an older ego-t style battery that a friend gave me a while back. I have never had any issues with it til I just went to take it off the charger and noticed it's really warm. Not like burning hot but pretty warm. This is making me nervous. Anyone have any experience with this? This is now my only backup battery so now I'm worried I'll be left with just one.

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[Mrs C]

Time to replace it, the battery should not get warm when charging. They do eventually wear out and you don't want to risk it heat venting.

 

[cags]

if you have a back up charger, try using it, chargers go bad too.
if you don't have a back up charger, get one. and get more batteries, you need backups for your backups! black friday is here so maybe you can find a deal

 

[erikbal]

Yeah I do have a spare charger. It was screwed into the charger pretty loosely so I am thinking maybe that was causing it, not sure. I've got it charging again now and am keeping an eye on it and touching it every couple minutes and so far so good. I'll be careful with it. Thanks for the advice guys. I hate to spend the money on another battery when I'm trying to save up money to buy an MVP2. It just seems like a waste!

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[cags]

............Thanks for the advice guys. I hate to spend the money on another battery when I'm trying to save up money to buy an MVP2. It just seems like a waste!

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I don't want to "nag" but backups are never a waste I'm just sayin...

 

[hazarada]

Time to replace it, the battery should not get warm when charging.

Uh, no. Charging batteries getting warm is normal, its just that most people use those weak ... 0.5A chargers so for them it doesn't happen.

OP: What kind of charger are you using? If its the minimalistic usb -> ego type things then those are little more than just socket converters, you could have it on a beefier source which would make it charge faster and warmer. The danger zone for mechanically sound li-ions starts at 150C which is way too hot to touch, from your description you're not there yet. Either way you should get a charger that measures the batteries internal resistance, those detect when battery should no longer be used and wont charge them.

 

[erikbal]

The charger is just a cheapo standard type screw in ego charger that came with the kit I got a couple months back. Maybe I'll look into getting a new charger. The mvp is first on the list though. Thanks for the input!

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[cags]

Uh, no. Charging batteries getting warm is normal, its just that most people use those weak ... 0.5A chargers so for them it doesn't happen. ...........

my ego batteries never get hot or warm when I charge them. I use the standard ego charger.