I figured that, and didn't think it would have been that much with the
adapter even if it  was sucking a little bit of power.





On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Steve wrote:

> Well, Jeff, if it's warm, it is dissipating heat.  And the only way it gets
> heat is from electricity.
>
> Other things which probably waste a bit more are television sets.  Just
> keeping the CRT filaments warm so the picture comes on instantly probably
> consumes five times as much power.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: battery charger questions
>
>
> >i didn't think it would be that much.  What caught my mother's attention
> > was that one of the chargers for the Pro-96, was warm, but I'm not
> > worrying or sweating this.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Steve wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >> >
> >>
> >
>