Originally Posted by
lawrencehare
In the office - when I get here I plug in my bike lamp battery, a Magicshine 900 lumen Lightset (Magicshine MJ-808), to get ready for my commute, it being dark these days and I have a 14 mile ride home, so half way there or so I turn on the lamp. I go to get coffee and return to my office to this mighty stink, a quick search finds the Magicshine charging brick almost glowing, melting and smoking. So I drop power and wait until it cooled, and unplugged it. Sure enough the plastic underneath is all melted.
Dang.
I hope there is enough juice in the battery to get me home. I bought it October 30 last year so maybe the warranty still holds.
Anyone else had any problems with this charger? Thoughts?
Cheers - Lawrence
What worries me more than your warranty holding up is the potential that the block had to start a fire. Makes me wonder just how hot and how much damage could have been done before the breaker on that circuit would have tripped. Pretty scary. Hopefully the manufacturer will take a close look at the design and build process to make sure there aren't more of those out there that can do what yours did.