Talk:AC adapter

"Inefficiency - typically wall warts waste a lot of electricity"

This isn't really true. Its more of a political football than a reality. If you do the calcs using real world numbers you quickly find the total wasted power is tiny in comparison to other household goods.

There are various sources claiming that if we only did something trivial the human species would be saved, and wallwarts are one of he things they like to latch on to, usually using ludicrous figures to try to establish their point, and avoiding the real issues. Tabby (talk) 12:30, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They still consume more electricity than they should (I.E.: any power at all) when the device they're plugged into is off/fully charged. Power adapters in general aside, the REAL reason I hate wall warts is the two other (physical) problems listed, both of which are easily solved by putting the box part way along the cord rather than at one end. 76.126.134.152 (talk) 09:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]