Electrical technological devices are now with us in every aspect of our lives. So much so that almost everything from the white goods we use in our homes to the heaters, from the television to the cars and even the watches on our wrists is electric. Moreover, we use different adapters for many of these devices and most of the time we do not unplug them. Does leaving a charger in the socket consume electricity? Here is the monthly cost of the charger left in the socket.
Does leaving a charger in the socket consume electricity? Here is the monthly cost!
“Does it consume electricity to leave a charger in the socket?” many people ask due to rising electricity bills. Let’s answer the question right away. Yes, leaving a charger in the socket consumes electricity. But this is not true for all devices. In addition, the consumption amounts are so low that they can be ignored for many devices.
Almost all of the adapters that we use to charge our technological devices, from phones to computers, have small transformers that connect electrical circuits to each other.
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For this reason, even if there is no phone, computer or battery to charge at the other end, there is a very small electricity consumption for the system to work within itself. But as we mentioned above, this does not apply to all devices.
For example, some chargers we see especially in laptop computers consist of 2 parts. The first part is just a wire that transmits electricity. For this reason, they do not consume electricity unless they are connected to the second part where the adapter is or if the adapter is inside the device such as PC-TV. Because consumption first starts in the part where the adapter is located.
shiftdelete.netHowever, as we mentioned, if a technological device is not charging, the electricity consumed by these adapters is too low to be noticed. In fact, if we share an average amount, the adapters we use in smartphones will consume a few TL at most, even if they are plugged into the socket for 1 year.
Of course, when we look at this consumption not from the individual but from the family or social point of view, a huge consumption emerges. For example, if there are 5-10 chargers in an average house where 3-4 people live, when all of these devices are constantly plugged in, they will have an annual consumption of 60-70 TL.
This consumption value may seem too small to mean anything to individual users. However, when we look at Turkey in general and take the average of 20 million households in a similar way, we see that it causes an electricity consumption of 10 million TL per month and between 100 and 120 million TL annually.
Therefore, even though leaving a charger in the socket consumes little electricity, we should unplug these devices as much as possible when we are not using them, as it causes a great loss in Turkey and even in the world.
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