How hot is the power boost suppose to get?

[dirtybeagles]

Curious.. I have noticed that the power boost gets pretty hot while powered on. Wondering is this is normal?

[Popcorn]

Unbelievably hot. I just fried mine! Contacted support. Hope they can replace this one!

[dirtybeagles]

Unbelievably hot. I just fried mine! Contacted support. Hope they can replace this one!

I got this from their page:
F.A.Q. by lady ada
Q: When I plug into the microUSB jack the PowerBoost gets really hot!
A: Yep, that is normal - the charging circuit will draw up to 1000mA to charge the battery fast, the charger chip will get very hot! It has internal thermal protection but it is not unsual for it to get too hot to touch

Q: When I am charging the battery while also boosting, the PowerBoost gets really hot!
A: Yep, that is normal - the charging circuit will draw up to 1800mA to charge the battery and also supply current to the boost circuitry, the charger chip will get very hot! It has internal thermal protection but it is not unsual for it to get too hot to touch

[Fox]

Ah, man. I read a review of someone complaining about it getting hot, but I was hoping it was just a lemon.

I wonder if we charge it with a "slow charge" cable? Maybe it won't get AS hot.

[Ganreizu]

I wonder if a heat sink wrap of some sort would work? Not like a solid heat sink or a fan since that might be too much room but something to wrap it in to absorb heat?

[wermy]

Mine gets pretty warm, but certainly not hot enough to drive me to looking through FAQs for it. :\ Wonder how much variation there is from one batch to another.

[Bendra]

Maybe it depends also on the Lipo used? What kind of model you guys use exactly?

[Robots86]

Mine gets hot enough that i can smell hot glue