Charger AC adapter is very hot
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It does sound a tad on the hot side. What is the temp in the room? If your experiencing a heat wave and the house is hot that might not be helping. Has it always run hot? If no I would see what customer support says about it.
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Room temp is around 79F. Yeah it's always been doing this... A lot hotter than my Mavic Pro charger...
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My Evo I charger that came with the replacement makes a buzzing noise and hits 135 f when charging. Not happy with that. And the controller that came with it has the horrible fan that screeches. Suspect they gave me a refurb unit that wasn't tested well. The drone seems OK, but that charger.....
Keep in mind you are running that small brick at maximum power output for a long period of time with no active cooling. It's going to get hot, unless you are just topping off your batteries. Use a Mavic Pro multi-battery charger instead. They work great. Charge 3 batteries AND the RC at the same time, but that will put a great load on the charger, so the most I charge is 3 batteries at once. Aluminum case, small internal fan. Yes the case gets hot, but you want it to, since it should be drawing the heat away from the internals of the charger. Always make sure you have plenty of air flow around the batteries and charger...whatever you use. Excessive heat is never good for chargers or batteries. Slight mod to the charger leads and good to go.
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Just cut the plastic off the ends, leaving one side intact. This allows the connector to stay on the battery when charging. Takes seconds to mod...thats it. Because of the pinouts on the batteries, doesn't matter what side you take out. There are chargers that have 10 pins, and this one has 8. Doesn't matter, the 9 and 10 pins are not used. The charger in the Amazon link above works great. Basically this charger is rebranded in several brand names.
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I just ordered slightly different one (it shows voltage output): Amazon.com: Energen DroneMax MP18A Drone Battery Charger, DJI Mavic Pro Accessories, Intelligent Fast Multi Battery Charging Hub Station (Charge 3 Batteries & 2 USB Ports Simultaneously): Industrial & Scientific
Just make triple sure this charger is for a MAVIC PRO ONLY!! Pinouts for Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom are different and you will fry something. The pinouts on the Mavic Pro batteries are exactly the same as the Evo I and II batteries. Middle 4 pins are +, 2 pins either side are - and outside most pins are unused.
X - - ++++ - - X
X - - ++++ - - X
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Success!!! Charges with no issues. I guess it doesn't really communicate with battery so it doesn't care 
This one is a lot nice tho, charger cables are plug-in so in the future they might release different adapters (or I can make them if I can source correct headers)....
I'm returning $90 hub. BTW I tried plugging in hub but it won't physically fit due to plug's strain strain relief thickness....
This one is a lot nice tho, charger cables are plug-in so in the future they might release different adapters (or I can make them if I can source correct headers)....I'm returning $90 hub. BTW I tried plugging in hub but it won't physically fit due to plug's strain strain relief thickness....
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that charger...does it show the current voltage of the battery in the display, or the voltage outputting to the battery from the charger? It would be very useful if it shows the current battery charge, this way you could know exactly the voltage of the battery and easily charge them for storage charge to avoid the battery doing an auto discharge when in the case.
*update*
actually reading the description the charger will show the status of the connected batteries while charging. Dang it Len! Now I have to have one of these chargers!!!
that charger...does it show the current voltage of the battery in the display, or the voltage outputting to the battery from the charger? It would be very useful if it shows the current battery charge, this way you could know exactly the voltage of the battery and easily charge them for storage charge to avoid the battery doing an auto discharge when in the case.
*update*
actually reading the description the charger will show the status of the connected batteries while charging. Dang it Len! Now I have to have one of these chargers!!!
