Hi Dee
I think it would be better to have someone on your side of the pond to take up your offer as it would probably cost more than the original purchase price to ship it over here to the UK.
In the meantime I have opened up my charger unit and enclosed some pics. A little puzzling as there are no components in the area where the plastic case had melted, only a 25Volt/680uf electrolytic capacitor and 45Volt Schottky Diode either side of the damaged area.
Now Anbee’s suggestion of some loose solder causing a short is quite plausible as I found a few tiny solder splashes on the underside of the circuit board and some tiny solder balls on the edge of the Schottky Diode (see second picture), so I’m quite relieved I opened my unit and cleared these away. I would put this down to very poor finishing and quality control by the factory that Anbee sourced these chargers from.
Another possibility is the failure of the voltage regulator (TL431) on that charging port which could result in the battery itself overheating and being the cause of the damage, which is what I think is most likely due to the amount of damage to the battery casing.
Regards
Nidge.
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