your right :). I tried connecting it to a car battery and it was fine. then my brother said he had an adapter that would allow me to use the american style plug but give the charger 240v, so i tried that and it worked fine. i dont know why that current converter didnt work on this charger? i use it on 2 other chargers and it works fine. oh well glad i got that sorted, now i just need to get my emaxx fixxed.