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Old 11-20-2012, 04:53 PM   #26
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Beside these points it costs you more money to have the lights on even if you don't need it.
Costs more? We're talking about 50 milliamps of current (a rough guess, but on the very high end), or ~ 1/4 watt @ 5v, which at 15 cents per kwh costs about $0.0000375 per hour... your charger wastes FAR more power than that if you leave it plugged in even a few minutes too long.
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