Thread: Does switching off and on consume more power than standby?
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2008-02-07 , 20:05
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
Additionally, I had some other applications open doing various things in the background, and I was only charging via a USB adapter and an AC-to-USB wall wart.
The bundled wallwart outputs significantly more power than the USB spec (500mA versus 890mA), so that would explain your trouble.

Originally Posted by Betty Woo View Post
The battery indicator hardly ever says 'battery full', though. And that's kinda worrying me since PlayThing's definitely off for a good 8 hours at night and has been plugged into the charger once I get home and start listening to the radio until the next morning.
Charge time is about 30-45 minutes to 80% and 2-3 hours to 100%. It's more or less full if in-use time says 7 hours when CPU is at lowest level.

Originally Posted by Betty Woo View Post
I take it that charging the battery can't be done while it's in use?
That works fine.

Originally Posted by Betty Woo View Post
Now, I'm all for just leaving it in stand-by... but that charge time seems excessive (not that it's even hit 'battery full' and I know today the thing's been charging for the last 11 hours).
You're wasting a lot more power by turning it off and on all the time than you're likely to use letting it idle when not in use.

Originally Posted by Addison View Post
Not turning the system off doesn't seem to make any sense to me.

Oh well. Maybe I'm just dumb.
Do you turn off your cellphone whenever you're not using it? Or your computer?

The tablets are designed to be left on 24/7.
Last edited by GeneralAntilles; 2008-02-07 at 20:13.