Hi folks
I have a 2000 Boxster and just purchased this Porsche Battery Maintainer 958-044-901-71. I used it (successfully) to charge up a dead battery enough to get into the front hood. Since then I replaced the car's battery w/ a new one.
I seldom drive the car and was going to plug in this Porsche Battery Maintainer 958-044-901-71 and use it to maintain the battery.
I left it on for an hr or so and noticed it hadn't yet got to the supposed indicator for "maintaining" and the unit was very hot to the touch. Just wondering if this sounds normal and how safe this is to use in a closed garage. One end is plugged into the cigarette lighter, and the other into a regular electrical outlet (actually to a outlet on an extension cord)(haven't tried directly to an electrical outlet yet). The manual that came w/ it didn't really mention anything about it getting hot.
Thanks