I've never noticed any unusual smells with my e40, but it is a couple years old now. Somebody mentioned it could be the plastic
out-gassing. There is a chemical in plastics called a "plasticizer." A plasticizer is a chemical that keeps a plastic flexible. It is that
"new car smell." When a plastic gets old, some of the plasticizer leaves, making the plastic more brittle.
I suspect the smell is from some components over-heating, again, some of that smell may go away with time. The charge rate of
a lithium-ion battery has to be tightly controlled, often the current/voltage control is on a circuit board within the actual battery, to
keep tight control of the charging current. Hopefully, it is that "new car smell" and will go away somewhat as the components age.
Cheaper circuit boards use paper-resin, not glass-epoxy and often have that "burning" smell. I don't know what the pcb material
is in Flir's batteries.
Hope this helps - Jim
By the way, I thought I came close to bricking my e40, but because I had all the files backed up and was able to restore them to the
camera via RNDIS through the USB, I'm 1000% up. It now has all the behavior of an e60, even says e60 in the information display.
All I need now is a new label, blue on black, "E60." The best I can do with my Brother label maker is white on clear.
Jim
Question about the battery. Every time I take the battery out, using or without using camera for a while. It smells weird, a little like burning plastic or new plastic, but not very strong. The temperature feels okay, even right after using the camera, it does not feel too warm. A 2-3 hours charge could last about 2-3 hours camera time. The smell is bothering me. Is this an issue or all the flir camera is like that ?
Thanks