Well, like I said I need to start taking at least the F6 with me. It's
kind of a pain though if I need to monitor police or fire as I can't do
that with the F6 with everyone in the area digital, but around the
hospital with our security and local repeaters it should be fine, and of
course weather.
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, John Miller wrote:
> I almost never leave home with out it and if I do, it's in the family car
> where I have my mobile installed good in there and I'm not getting out of
> the car, other than that I have an HT in my pockets, usually the TH-F6A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:45 PM
> Subject: Re: battery charger questions
>
>
> 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
> >> God loves you!
> >> My personal prayer book.
> >> Add your prayer or pray for others at the following link.
> >> http://prayerbook.homewithgod.com/cgi-bin/prayerbook/multi.pl?131961113534708:24:0
> >>
> >> http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio.
> >>
> >> http://funhamradio.bloki.com
> >> ----- 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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