power cord gets quite hot.

You welcome. Since its the charger that is getting so hot, I have had the same problem myself sometimes.

It always happens when I plug the charger into one of those household extension cords with the three outlets, you know? So I just switch the charger over to a three prong heavy duty extension cord that has only one plug for my charger. I then plug heavy duty 3 prong cord into a heavy duty surge protected power strip and then plug that power strips three prong plug into my wall outlet, or if you don't have a heavy duty power strip then you can plug the three prong heavy duty power cord directly into your wall outlet.

You will be amazed at how fast the charger will cool down. You are just using the wrong sized extension cord. That charger pulls a lot of power believe it or not.

So I suggest just upping your extension cords size. Here are a couple of links to what you need on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-TLP606B-Protector-Outlet/dp/B000UD4LIY/ref=pd_y bh_5

Tripp Lite TLP606B Surge Protector Strip 120V 6 Outlet 6ft Cord 790 Joule Black

And this.

http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-31526-Heavy-6-Foot-Extension/dp/B003E46M74/ref=pd_ ybh_4

Stanley 31526 Heavy Duty 6-Foot 125V Extension Cord, Beige

Get these 2 items and your charger will be charging and a lot cooler then it is now. Hope this helps.

Cheers.

If by power cord you mean the power cord that runs between your charger and your wall outlet, which is the AC side, that is different then if by power cord you mean the wire running into your Ipad2 and your charger, which is the DC side.

If your AC (wall outlet related) power cord is getting hot, well some heat on either cord is normal and is due to normal charging processes.

If it is the cable running into your IPad 2 then if that is getting more then just very warm, you should disconnect it from your IPad and from the IPad charger, and take a very close look at both ends of your cable. Are there any wires showing at either of the connections? Is there a break line in either end piece of the cord, either the USB side or the IPad side?

And check the entire wire for any little cuts, or slicing, or teeth marks if you got a cat like I did...

If you spot any pulling, fraying or any points were the wires coating is blemished or damaged in any way, don't use it.

You can pick up another one anywhere, tomorrow.

If you are talking about real hot coming from your IPad charger or the cord you plugged it into, you might have plugged the AC power wire into a thin extension cord that may have to many other things plugged into it. Try plugging the adaptor into a power strip instead of an extension cord, or directly to a wall outlet.

Of course check that wire if your adapter comes with a wire for the same fraying, wear and tear that you checked your IPad cord for. Excessive heat could be coming from and sometimes is coming from a wire that has some damage to it.

But unless its so hot that you gotta drop it from the heat, sometimes just normal charging procedures just make all of these things get pretty hot. An IPad uses a lot of current and the wire that goes into your IPad is very thin, plus has over half the other wires in there acting as data transfer wires, and so there usually is just two tiny wires inside the IPad side wire carrying 10 watts at 5 volts!

If that is the problem, you can always switch your IPad wire to an iPhone power cube instead of an IPad power cube. For a while, just to draw some lower current and let it all cool down. And. If you do have a pet, they love chewing on the IPad wires. Mine did. Hope this helps.

I purchased a new MacBook Pro in December '12. Yesterday the power adapter's became very hot. The thin wire between the adapter cube and the laptop melted, insulation turned brown, wires are twisted and exposed.

Adapter was pluged into a power strip. Could that have contribute to my problem?

On my way to Apple Store today. Any advice??

Hi, I just signed in and I saw your post. I didn't log on all day and I see that you wrote in the morning.

Just wondering how your trip to the Apple Store went?

Did they resolve the problem for you?

In answer to your question, plugging your adaptor into a power strip should not affect the power source, the adapter, at all. However there are certain multiple conditions where it could adversely affect the adapter.

If you are over loading the power strip with too many things plugged into it that would affect the adapter. Or of the power strip you are using is plugged into a common household extension cord that would be bad as well. And of course, I would like to know, if you check back to this post, what are the specs on that power strip?

Also i am wondering if it Is surge protected for example and how many Joules of protection does it have?

But in order to really be able to analyse the problem you would have to be able to measure the amount of power being drawn between the adaptor and your laptop,

which is hard to do. By the way which laptop do you happen to have?

So, If you are using a good, heavy duty, surge protected power strip, and it is plugged either straight into a wall outlet, or a dedicated heavy duty extension cord going to a wall outlet, and you are not running any kind of heater, or even a hot air humidifier on that power strip, then the problem could be on the laptop side of things, though not very probable really.

The Power and charge level regulaters are located inside your laptop. As well as the charger and the battery. So regardless of how much power is available the laptop or an IPad will "demand" from your adapter the appropriate levels of power that your device needs to charge itself with. So you could plug your laptop into an adapter with a 400 watt level and your device will still only draw exactly what it's internal charging system regulator is asking for.

So the adapter is just a power source. Then the problem could be with your laptop's internally built in power charging regulation systems. In which case you will possibly need a repair or a new device. But Appple store may have checked that for you. I don't know if they did, but I suspect that this possibility does have a small chance of being the source of the problem. The device regulating system may have been damaged and is allowing a much higher power level into the charging circuitry.

If its the adapter you have been using all this time then I don't think it is a voltage issue. But you should make sure that voltage of adapter is a bit higher then voltage of device but still relatively close to same voltage levels. For example ipad 2 operates at 3.7 volts, but needs a 4.5-5 volt charger give or take a bit. If you used a considerably higher voltage adapter compared to your devices voltage that could also been what may have happened. I think this covers a bunch of different possible answers to your problem. Certainly not close to all of them, for sure.

Anyway, I hope some of this is helpful to you. If you did find the problem, could you post back on this discussion and let us know what happened? Thanks and good luck. Cary.

HI,

i know this is an incredibly old post...

im using my 3 prong cord attached to the charging cube that came with my iPad Air 2. The 3 prong cord isn't plugged into a surge protector. I am using the iPad while it is plugged in and charging. It is charging at a regular rate.

The charging cube is hot. Not so hot I need to drop it, but very warm. I was using a third party 3' cord and thought it was the cord so switched back to the Apple cord. But I just noticed the heat is on with this as well. can you tell me if this is something I need to be concerned about? Should I not be using the iPad when I am charging? I was not aware that was a problem. I have only recently started using the 3prong cord rather than the charger cube and a 6' cord plugged directly into the wall.

any help is appreciated.

Which part of your charging system is getting hot?