Posted by Rich_WI on February 10, 2013 at 22:28:21 from (50.50.77.31):
In Reply to: Cell Phone Question. posted by Kevin B from Illinois on February 10, 2013 at 06:51:28:
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Your wife is right in theory but the question is: how much money is it costing you? 1 dollar, 10 dollars or 100 dollars a year? No way to tell unless you have a kill-o-watt meter, which I happen to have.
I just ran upstairs where I charge my work cell and grabbed the latest numbers. Its been plugged in for the last 3817 hours (the last time the power went out) which is almost 23 weeks or 159 days. In that time, I used 1.16 KWH of electricity. The charger is plugged in 100% of the time and the phone is usually plugged in when I get home from work. I do not use any other charging stations, ONLY at home. The reason I point that out is because I think everybody can agree that the actual phone usage has to be about 99% of the total energy comsumed.
Now if you do the math, given my local energy charges of 11 pennys per KWH, I used just over a dime of electricity. By year end, it should be right around a quarter of energy use. Keep in mind, thats not just a phantom load, thats recharging and using the phone too.
When I first got my kill-o-watt meter, I remembered my wife always unplugging the charger. She was reaching behind the furnature to do it and it was kinda clumsey to do so I tested what the load was on the charger. After a month, it didnt even register a penny of juice. I told her to come over and look/check my math (which I knew was right but hay, women like to be able to give input). I then told her to gather up every wall wart she could find to which she asked why. I told her to plug them all in if thats all they cost. I explained that the wear and tear on the outlet itself had to be 100 times what would be saved from the electricity.
The wall wort and "phantom load" thing is a scam. They still even have the greenies on the news showing how they have bought power strips for everything in their house. They just dont realize that by them spending $10 for a power strip to save a quarter or 2 of electricity per year is a money losing proposition. The problem is, I dont use key words like "carbon footprint" or "climate change" so they wont ever listen to me so I dont bother much anymore.
So your wife IS right, they do consume power but hardly an amount worth worrying about. To save the small amount of money, you could turn off the TV for about 5 minutes per year to make up for it. You could turn off the light in the average living room for about 15 minutes per year to make up for it. Or, you could save that money in gas: coasting about 1 mile should save you the same amount. Not hard to do at all, push in the clutch or shift to neutral for a quarter mile just 4 times will get it done. Or, how about food, skip just 3 banannas per year. Or 1 potato. Or about 3/16 of a delicious apple. How you are gonna buy just 13/16th of an apple, I dont know but Im just showing the math. Anyway, as you can see its not much money but your wife is right.
A very wise and wealth man once told me, "dont slip on the dollars when you stop to pick up the dimes..."
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