Oxford Optimiser Catches Fire

[ChrisC]

just read on another site that an Oxford Optimiser caught fire today whilst being used,luckily someone was in the garage at the time,and could deal with it. might be worth a quick checkout if you own one .If you have any doubts at all unplug it.
The owner is getting in touch with Oxford ,see what they have to say.
ChrisC

[flak monkey]

My dealings with Oxford's customer service was pretty rubbish...but it will be interesting to see what they say....

[AMCQ46]

Remember to unplug from the bike if you have uplugged the charger from the mains supply. If you dont, it will slowly discharge the battery.

[pariah]

This happened to me some while ago. Lucky I was around when it started to smoke. They have a fault around the area where the wires come out of the units. They are so fragile the the outer cable covering tends to split and allow the 2 wires to make contact.
I would never leave one switched on in a garage under my house. Please if you are using these , just check the cable casing where they exit the main body thast where they tend to split.

[marravtr]

better check mine, had a spare battery on it for the last 18 months!!

[gilson]

This happened to me some while ago. Lucky I was around when it started to smoke. They have a fault around the area where the wires come out of the units. They are so fragile the the outer cable covering tends to split and allow the 2 wires to make contact.
I would never leave one switched on in a garage under my house. Please if you are using these , just check the cable casing where they exit the main body thast where they tend to split.

So true! I had mine on my mower and I was in the garage and smelt burning. Bloody thing was melting and burning just where you state.

I was going to re-wire it...not sure now...