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Originally Posted by woodyear99 View Post
Ah ok always thought unplugging chargers when not in use was a good thing after seeing energy saving tips such as these.....

http://www.terrapass.com/blog/posts/...tricity-vampir

"Unplug chargers (think cell phones and iPods) when not in use. Only 5% of the power drawn by a cell phone charger is used to charge the phone. The other 95% is wasted when it is left plugged into the wall."
Old chargers (non-switchmode), the heavy ones, did suck a little power even when just plugged with nothing charging. But those 5%/95% numbers are just picked out of the air. It would be about how long it takes for the battery in the device to discharge enough to engage the charging circuit again.

In any case, just forget about that - it's totally irrelevant for modern switch-mode chargers. It'll use something if you leave them in for years, but that's about it. As said earlier, any warning message popping up on the device will use (much) more power than saved by disconnecting the charger.

(There are still non-switchmode chargers out there though, for other types of devices. E.g. my laptop charger. It's of the big-transformer type and it's lukewarm even when not in use. Not that it would mean anything to unplug it, because the room is heated by thermostat-controlled electricity in any case.)
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Last edited by TA-t3; 2009-12-31 at 13:35.