Well, with bad weather season around the corner I need to get into the
practice. Especially since I have large pockets in my volunteer jacket.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: battery charger questions
>I almost always have my HT with me, 1 of them anyway.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:35 PM
> Subject: Re: battery charger questions
>
>
> Right, I have most of my chargers connected to a power strip, and I just
> should turn off the strip when not in use. Sometimes I put off charging
> things, but try and get it all done when I am not at home. I have to
> confess that I do not carry my HT around as much as I used to now that I
> have my Trekker, but I should in case something happens when I am at the
> hospital or a net is activated for whatever reason.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Frederick wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Just a thought If you want an easy way to turn off all your chargers at
>> once
>> just plug them in to a power bar that has a on/off switch. This way it
>> makes it easy for you and may be you will save a little power too.
>> Although
>> most of them use about 0.2 amps so it would take 5 to draw 1 amp. Its
>> worth
>> it to have your family happy.
>> God bless,
>> Mark WZ0K
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 8:46 AM
>> Subject: Re: battery charger questions
>>
>>
>> > Your mother sounds like mine used to be when i was at home...a little
>> > paranoid about all the wires and things plugged in...i guess if i had
>> > snap
>> > tied all wires together in a neat bundle, plugged everything into power
>> > bars
>> > and created a true fire hazard, she probably wouldn't have
>> > complained...but,
>> > having all wires separated, and wall warts plugged in as many different
>> > circuits as possible, it looked, to someone who doesn't know better,
>> > like
>> > it
>> > could be potential for explosion hi hi.
>> > I think those chargers when not plugged in take such a minuscule amount
>> > of
>> > power that you would have to have literally hundreds plugged in to even
>> > register anything on the power bill, and even then, the amount would be
>> > pennies. Even if they were all in use, the actual drain is pretty low.
>> > This kind of thinking goes hand in hand with the idea that keeping the
>> > heat
>> > off in the winter in your car saves on gas....totally unrelated, but
>> > can
>> > make sense to someone who doesn't know better.
>> > If she puts up a big fuss, ask her to unplug all her appliances when
>> > not
>> > in
>> > use, all household consumer electronics have a transformer of some kind
>> > in
>> > them, and are doing the same as your chargers when not actually turned
>> > on.
>> > I found this to be "different" somehow when i was at home lol.
>> > 73
>> > Colin, V A6BKX
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:39 AM
>> > Subject: battery charger questions
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hi everyone, over the weekend my mother asked me to unplug the
>> >> various
>> >> battery chargers I have when they are not charging anything because of
>> >> the
>> >> fact that it would waste electricity. The ones I have in use mainly
>> >> are
>> >> for the THF6A, and my Trekker GPS and a couple of scanners, and I just
>> >> keep them plugged into the various power supplies so I know where
>> >> they
>> > are
>> >> all the time, but I didn't think they'd be wasting electricity when
>> >> not
>> >> in
>> >> use? I'm not to worried about it, for now, but if anyone knows for
>> >> sure
>> >> let me know, and thanks in advance.
>> >>
>> >
>>
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