Re: recharger power consumption



On 22 Dec 2006 04:59:23 -0800, colin.browell@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Input: 100-240V ~ 50/60Hz 0.1A

So in the above, the max consumption would be

240 * 0.1 = 24 Watts

Although even when recharging a battery it may actually be less than
this.
Yes

And when nothing is attached .... the only thing you can be sure of is
that it will be less than that!

yes
I think we'll leave them plugged in. Otherwise someone is bound to plug
their phone in and walk away without checking if the charger is
actually switched on.

Yeah, it is probably wiser to leave them plugged in and eat the loss.

The newer crop of solid state switcher supplies are much more
efficient and draw virtually no power when it isn't needed - the kind
appearing on cell phone rechargers today. They make them in an
assortment of output voltages - but they won't necessarily work with
the old style battery chargers - sometimes a lossy transformer is part
of the charging scheme - automatically limits the current.

The price of copper will drive out the old style transformers.

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