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Old 01-30-2007, 03:02 AM
R. Mark Clayton
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Default Re: Southern Electric say each mobile phone charger uses 100kWhours a DAY!


"Jonathan" <digitaltoast@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Have a look - how can they get it so wrong by a magnitude of.....???
>
> My chargers both say they use about 21mA max.
>
> Also, point 3 seems a little dubious too - AFAIK, the only things that use
> any significant power on standby are digiboxes.
> Surely the rest just take enough to keep the coil energised? My TV and
> video both use < 4 watts on standby.
>
> http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ic_charger.jpg
>


They got a k in by mistake. Typical chargers will use about 100Whrs per
day.



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