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Re:Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011) by mfkp on Monday November 23, 2020 @05:57AM (#25185490)
I'll have to plug in a power meter to check, but I'd assume the ghost power draw is negligible.
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Re:Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011) by high_priest on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:52AM (#25188014)
It ends beings negligible, when you start to have 10 devices sipping 0.5-1W each.
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Re:Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011) by mfkp on Monday November 23, 2020 @01:41PM (#25190043)
Doing some quick math in my head, even at 1w draw each, if they're constantly drawing that 24/7, it would end up costing about 80 cents per month (at $0.11/kWh). The cost of purchasing the chargers easily outweighs that. But I probably only have 5 around the house, so I have no problem spending 40 cents per month.
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