I just checked my Schumacher Battery Companion (which
has been connected to a 6-bolt battery for several
days) to a watt-meter, and it measured ZERO watts.
It's probably safe to say it uses one watt or less.
That's totally trivial from a cost perspective.
Probably similar to what a timer would use by itself.
If a charger kept using 20 watts for days at a time,
then the battery it is trying to charge is clearly
messed up.
My candidate for the most pointless waste of
electricity is my Verizon Fios Cable-TV box. It uses
a constant 30 watts whether it is turned on or off.
Doug
> Then I did some math. Damn -- even if it averages a
> mere 20W
> continuous, that's 175 KWHr/year or 14.6/month;
> which would run me
> $14.00/yr $1.17/mo. Hmm, apparently the little crap
> is worthy of more
> attention than I thought.
>
> -Wayne
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