Power plug gets hot!!

The power plug on my macbook gets riduculously hot when i plug it in to a socket - is this normal? Im talking about teh plug end of the connector not the magsafe end.
Thanks

It shouldn't be that hot, are you plug it directly to power outlet or using extension power outlet / cable.
Plug somewhere else and see how it is going.
It could be that power outlet or extension is taking a lot of usage more than it can deliver from other device that attached to it.
Also clean up the power plug head on the macbook adapter.
Good Luck.

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