[Talisker]

Who cares. Just build a bunch of Generation 3 nuclear reactors and be done with this nonsense.

[Swordmaker]

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[smokingfrog]

If you leave your charger plugged in all the time, you’ll have some phantom power usage that probably nearly equals the power used to recharge the battery in your device.

[minnesota_bound]

# x number of iPhones = megawatts!
The next iPhone will have a tiny windmill to power it.
It will come with a proprietary connector.......

Here is a prototype!
http://www.geek.com/mobile/charge-your-iphone-with-wind-power-1299064/

[napscoordinator]

It’s pennies compared to oven, dryer, dishwasher and heating and air.

[tubebender]

How much power do the wall plug Warts consume when not connected to a device?

[alexander_busek]

Why isn't the ANSWER (you know: a real dollar figure) in the first paragraph of this article?

Regards,

[bigbob]

using coal or nukes?

[gubamyster]

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it.

[fireman15]

You can now get inexpensive power metering devices that have a lot of built in features that make them much more convenient and accurate than a typical clamp on multimeter. They are literally only about $20 on Amazon. We have a couple of them.

We use them because we live in an area where the power goes out frequently during the winter. It is very helpful for us to know the power consumption and starting load for appliances when we are using one of our generators when the power is out.

Normally, however the power consumption of these little wall chargers is so negligible that even when using a generator we do not bother to worry about how many we have plugged in. So it does not surprise me at all that an iPhone doesn’t use more than a couple bucks of electricity in a year.

[Oztrich Boy]

Just plug it into your Tesla - free power!

[W.]

My device chargers get warm when they’re working, and go cold when they ate disconnected from the phone/tablet, even when they’re still plugged into the outlet. If they draw juice when they’re not connected to a hungry device, I don’t know. [I don’t reckon they do, but...]

[Daniel Ramsey]

Get a small deep cycle battery, hook up a compact solar panel to it, run the 12v cord from battery into house with a multi accessory socket, use the sun.

Or use a portable power unit you charge off the car, take it in the house and use it to charge your stuff.

Just stay off the grid as much as possible.

[outofsalt]

Watt difference, at this point, does it make?