wayne

yes some chargers get really hot.thats why they are in metal cases. its hard to see cause the pic is not very clear.

thanks for all the detective work. i will try to get some clearer pic's up and check if that is a burn on the board. didn't notice it when i took it apart. @nomad18.08, not sure what you mean by "this is also strange,the screw looks old." i did take it apart to take the pic's.

the charger was getting very hot. to say warm is not accurate because i could not even hold it when it was charging.

it is not charging the battery which is how i discovered this problem.

will post pic's soon.

here are some better pic's.

in the one pic, the resistor appears discolored. there does not appear to be any burns on the other pics and were just shadows in the previous pic's.

well you cant use this one try to get another one.

Have you measured the voltage on the 2S balance port of the charger?

yeah, i'm pretty sure this one is dead unless i can replace that resistor. not likely for me since i don't do stuff like that.

@rich, not sure what you said means, "2S"?

The plug that has 2 cells 7.4v above it, measure the voltage between the outside 2 pins, that will confirm if it is charging the battery despite the LED being always on or not.

2S means a 2 cell lipo... each cell is 3.7V so two makes 7.4V