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Does laptop charger wastes electric current when not connected to the laptop?

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Mar 15, 202689618 views
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Wonder if when I leave it connected to the outlet but not connected to the laptop, it still consumes electricity.

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Fix for: Does laptop charger wastes electric current when not connected to the laptop?

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The answer for this is: YES, it will consume power, but such a little power that you may consider it irrelevant in terms of overall power consumption. As you can see in the picture below (a schematic of an AC notebook adapter), the "entrance" of the…

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