They probably do waste electricity, Jeff, probably 5 or ten watts per hour. 
With the cost of a kilowatt-hour at around 8 cents, that would mean it 
probably costs a penny or two a day to run those.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 9:39 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.
>