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In my view right now I can see almost a dozen smartphone, tablet, and laptop chargers. Oh, and I can see another powering my Amazon Echo. And another charging up a pair of earbuds.
So yes, quite a few.
They’re all plugged in, and most of them don’t have devices attached to them.
This begs a few questions. How much power are they using? Should I unplug them? Are they safe?
Also, give a thought to the environmental cost of these continuously-running chargers. Millions of chargers left plugged in 24/7/365 translates into millions of kilowatt hours consumed every year. And each kilowatt hour of power produced equals about a pound of CO2 being released into the atmosphere.
With that in mind, maybe we should all unplug our chargers when they’re not in use.
Alternatively, you can buy smart outlets that you can control remotely. You are replacing one active device with another, and in my experience these too can pull quite a bit of power when plugged in, but if you use them wisely you could use a single smart outlet to turn on and off a number of different devices.
Or perhaps a single outlet could turn off most of your devices in your office at the end of the day, or the chargers you have in your living room when it’s time to go to bed.
From a safety point of view, I always recommend buying high quality branded equipment. Cheap, no-name stuff can, in my experience, be pretty awful. I have seen bad things happen. Fortunately for me, I was prepared for those bad things to happen, but I wouldn’t have liked them to have happened while I was asleep, or when Mr Kitty was warming himself on the device.
Uh-oh!
See also:
Demand for new iPhones weaker than Apple expected, claims reportApple knows the days of record iPhone sales are over, and wants you to stop obsessing over how many it now sellsApple was right, people love expensive iPhonesThe new iPad Pro has a surprise new featureYour old $99 Apple Pencil is now junkiOS 12 tells you (almost) everything you need to know about your iPhone’s batteryApple iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR: Features and specs comparedMeet Apple’s iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR: Prices and specs
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