settle a arguement for me

[Manse]

Does a power supply still use electric when there is nothing attached ie a phone charger.
Wife tells me off for leaving them switched on at the wall when i take my stuff off because she says it still uses power.
sorry argument, without the e lol

 

[Spectre]

It will probably use a little. Not very much but it will be dissipated as heat and sound.

Try leaving it an and seeing if it's warm.

 

[herbs]

I was at a mates yesterday, he has one of those measuring devices that shows you how much you're pulling from the mains. I wanted to know the same for my laptop, and yes, consumption dropped by about 45 watts when I unplugged the adaptor from the laptop. I bet it still pulls a couple of watts though. Must be the same for a phone I would have thought.

 

[Manse]

Bugger, looks like she finally won a argument lol

 

[herbs]

As long as you don't let her know that you'll be OK!

 

[Napster]

Bugger, looks like she finally won a argument lol

DONT tell her im just the same as you m8, i leave all mine plugged in too

 

[stevie1ball]

Time to be a Man and not a Manse and accept defeat, lokks like you could be on pot washing duty this week. :Clap:

 

[oneman]

All transformers use power regardless of if there a draw by a device or not. But in the grand scheme of things unless you have 10's of them plugged in its not going to make much difference.

 

[herbs]

ENVI CC128 White - Energy Saving Monitor - Complete Unit With Transmitter: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Npower just sent my mate one of these for free. Not sure how or why but might be worth a look if any of you are customers. Wouldn't pay forty quid for it though. Might borrow it to see if I can see anywhere I could save.

 

[liambalfour]

i bought the sony ericson elm and when you unplug the phone you get a pop up saying now remove charger from wall to save electricity, now a phone company wouldnt lie would they ;-)