Do you leave your cellphone charger plugged in.....???

United States
April 28, 2009 11:26am CST
I have a terrible habit of leaving my cell phone charger plugged in when I am not using it! From what I understand, a cell phone charger will still suck juice (electricity) from the wall, even when your phone is not charging! So, myLotters....do you leave your charger plugged in when you are not charging your phone??
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• United States
29 Apr 09
I never leave my cell phone charger plugged in if I am not using it. Things like that are considered to be energy vampires because it will use electricity and it will run your bill up rather high if you are not careful. It's useless if left plugged in and it just ends up creating a bigger problem in the end! It only takes a second to unplug it!
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@katebell (80)
28 Apr 09
yes im the same as you i am always leaving it plugged in and turned on lol haha you just reminded my to turn it off there lol thanks you just might of saved me some money there hehe
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@alokn99 (5717)
• India
28 Apr 09
I was in the habit of doing this too, till a charger got burnt out due a heavy fluctuation. A good friend too advised me against leaving it plugged in. I remove it from the plug point after the charging is done now.
• United States
28 Apr 09
We always unplug when our cells are charged not to mention unplug just about everything else not being used. Anything plugged in is still pulling juice & right now even those few pennies add up fast
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@katsalot1 (1618)
28 Apr 09
I automatically unplug mine when I take the phone off charge. I don't like leaving anything electric plugged in if I don't have to.
@shell2784 (752)
• United States
28 Apr 09
Oh... my darling Aprillynn... anything plugged into the wall still pulls electricity from it regardless of if its on or not. Turning things off helps, but doesn't eliminate. On Oprah a few months ago there was this woman who apparantly has too much time on her hands and unplugs EVERYTHING except the fridge. Tv, computer, microwave, dvd players, plastations, alarm clocks... EVERYTHING! ..... but her electric bill was SUPER cheap! I wish I had too much time on my hands.... But yeah, we leave everything plugged in. Hell, we leave the tv on all the time and the computer and whatever else. Damn electric bill anyway...
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@Myrrdin (3599)
• Canada
28 Apr 09
While some juice might be being sucked out, most chargers don't have a complete circuit until the cell phone is plugged in, and as such don't draw a significant amount of power from the wall. Leaving Cable TV box plugged in will draw considerably more power.
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