dell studio 1555 AC adapter

help please I have the Dell Studio 1555, The only problem I have is the AC adapter, I would like to know why the AC Adapter get hot while the laptop is charging, I have contact dell tech support and they cant figure out whats causing. My pervious one died on me I had to buy a new one. Whats your say one this ?

 

Could be you house voltage, worth checking with a meter. I have a friend that lost almost all of his electronic item due to the neutral wire in the service to his house being loose causing voltage fluctuations.

 

If thats the case then how is it all the other appliance are working fine, for instance my cell phone charger doesnt get hot, its just odd :confused

 

Are the ratings for voltage and wattage on the new adapter the same as the old one?

Also, how old is the battery? As they age, they no longer fully charge and it is a full charge that acts like a feed back to the amount of current that is going through the adapter. :wave:wave:wave

 

the battry is only less then year old, I believe they are all the same voltage I think about 120

 

120 is the line voltage in. There should be printed on the adapter voltage and milliwatt out, (fine print).
Is it the same as the old one? (Assuming you still have it, that is).

 

If the voltage is high will it get reduce if I use use a surge protector

 

No, a surge protector will not change the line voltage, and I really doubt if that is your problem, assuming you are in the U.S. Your ac voltage should be very close to 120, plus or minus 3 volts normally.

 

I am pretty sure its 120 and yes you assumed correctly I am in VA

 

Okay,

Take the battery out and run the machine, does it still get hot? How hot are we talking about, too hot to touch? Any fumes/oders from the adapter?

 

I am not the only one who has this problems, I googled adapter get hot

I just reached over to grab my power cord and the "brick" part of it is real hot

http://bryankollar.com/shopping/images/dell1150ACAdapter.jpg

 

its not that hot you can still touch it no fumes, when I get home I will take the battery out and see what happens. its just the brick part that get hot

 

here is the info on the adapter

input 100-240V- 50-60HZ 1.5A


OutUpt 19.5V 3.34A