Talk to me about safty and plugs!. I will not leave my batts in over night..scared they will cause a fire I guess. I also worry about how much can be plugged in at once on my strip. Am I being silly? I remove my passtru from the usb plug.
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Never can be to cautious, better safe than sorry. But really I think your ok, I usually fall asleep with everything plugged in, then again the best safety for me was kicking the analogs, I fell asleep with them sometimes too. What a relief now though with vaping! No problem waking up and taking a quick puff without the fear of burning the house down. Best of luck and happy vaping!
Well, if you have them plugged into a strip, the strip has a 15A breaker, and the house has a 15A breaker. The zip-cord it's plugged into should be able to handle a bunch more than 15A (although technically it's a 10A cord, I believe...)
For a little extra, you could plug it in in the kitchen, which should have GFCI type plugs (assuming a modern house that is to code)
Mine stay plugged in, straight into the wall. [shrug] A lot riskier stuff plugged in than those! They're pretty tame.
You'd have to plug a LOT of chargers into a power strip to even pop its breaker (assuming no short circuits)
Unless you have a good reason to unplug them (dogs that like chewing through power cords, for example), it wouldn't (and doesn't) concern me much. Mine stay plugged in 24/7, whether they have batteries on 'em or not.
Smouldering leaves and paper are a FAR larger risk, for certain.
For a little extra, you could plug it in in the kitchen, which should have GFCI type plugs (assuming a modern house that is to code)
Mine stay plugged in, straight into the wall. [shrug] A lot riskier stuff plugged in than those! They're pretty tame.
You'd have to plug a LOT of chargers into a power strip to even pop its breaker (assuming no short circuits)
Unless you have a good reason to unplug them (dogs that like chewing through power cords, for example), it wouldn't (and doesn't) concern me much. Mine stay plugged in 24/7, whether they have batteries on 'em or not.
Smouldering leaves and paper are a FAR larger risk, for certain.
Unplugging the PT when not in use is a wise idea or at least taking off the carto (nothing to heat if the carto is off) but I'm not worried about the chargers. They stay plugged in like my other types of chargers although it's probably a waste of electricity.
The only time my charger and pt are pluged in are when I'm using them. I don't want to waste the electrity. Think green.
I always unplugg my pt when I shut off my computer, and i always do that when I go to bed. But I usually leave a batt that needs charging in the wall charger overnight.Love to have a fresh batt when i'm heading to work.
I knew that leaving a passthru plugged unattended was a bad idea. A few months back somebodies caught fire. I feel better about the power strip though. I get a bit nervous about electric stuff..lol
So - how much current are you thinking that a PT draws when not in use?
Or specifically: which do you think is worse: Every (non-inline battery) PT ever created plugged in 24/7 until the sun burns out - or 1hr of your monitor running?
Let's think logical, THEN green.
ALynn, The point is..why pile up the EXTRA hours of lost elec on top of the computer time. Logic is fine, but mine is flawed, I would drive Spock nuts!
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