Lenovo AC adapter

too much heat occured when charging with lenovo t420.
how many hours is the allowable charging?
it's only a week old. thank you

The 65W Yoga adapter works as well.  One of these days I am going to time how long it takes to charge with the rapid charge 90w adapter vs the 65w adapter.  This is really important to me because although it is nicer to save a couple hundred grams when travelling there have been enough times that I am at an airport or coffee shop for only 20 or 30 min so getting a faster charge is more important than saving 200grams.  It is a trade off. 

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