Andy,
I'm used to chargers being warm, but I've never felt one I thought was "very
hot".
I would check it by first connecting the Alpine charger directly to the
battery. If it works normally, there is most likely a problem in your quick
connect pigtail. If the Alpine charger still gets hot, the next thing I
would try is putting the Tiger charger directly on the Alpine's battery. If
that charger then operates normally, the Alpine charger most likely has a
problem. If the Tiger charger also gets very hot, I would suspect a short in
the Alpine's wiring.
For sure, I would not leave the Alpine charger connected and feeling hot
unless I was standing right there with it ready to throw the switch.
HTH,
A. C. Tynes
New Orleans
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of awtiger
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:01 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net; alpines
> Subject: [Tigers] Battery chargers
>
> Hey, fellas:
>
> Got a question for those of you who use battery chargers.
> I've got a couple of "Battery Tender Plus" units for my Tiger
> and my Alpine. I hooked them up last night after having them
> off the cars for the last month and the one on the Tiger did
> exactly what it was supposed to do. The one on the Alpine,
> however, still shows a steady red light (which, according to
> the instructions, means the battery is not charged yet) and
> the unit is very hot to the touch.
>
> I know for a fact that the battery was not that low on the
> Alpine. I keep the quick-connect charging pigtails on both
> cars at all times and nothing has changed on either car since
> the last time they were on the chargers. The thing that
> worries me about it is the fact that the Alpine's charger is
> very hot. Is this normal? I sure don't want to burn down my
> shop and the two cars!!!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Andy Walker
> Edmond, OK
> B382001600LRXFE (TAC #740)
> B9006857LRX
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