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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