On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:37:12 +0000, Steve Walker wrote:

On 11/02/2018 19:13, soup wrote:
On 11/02/2018 18:48, Rob Morley wrote:

Â* If you don't
have sufficient 13A outlets to supply your USB needs then fit some
more ordinary 13A sockets or use trailing power strips.


Nah that would involve chasing the wiring and redecorating.Â* Having
trailing power strips about the place is a(n increased) trip hazard.
Much neater and easier just to replace the socket face plates with
these USB jobs (assuming they last a tad longer than the 18 months
these ones did).

It also means that the kids can't take the charger into another room and
"forget" to tell you where they've put it. This works as long as you
have plenty of leads, but you can get those for £1 each.

You can buy the black Signalex 1.2A USB chargers (made in Birmingham) in
Poundland for that money. Likewise the 1A slightly smaller made in China
ones in white durable plastic from, afaicr, Poundworld. Both draw
immeasurably small standby power (even when measured with my analogue
watt meter).

I've been using the Signalex one for about a year now to charge my
Joyteck All In One Vaping stick overnight (it only takes about two hours
or so at a measured 4.4W loading to fully charge it from flat) and I
leave it plugged in since it plainly takes less than a tenth of watt in
standby.

I can't vouch for the long term reliability of the Chinese made 1A one
since it was bought as a spare unit that's hardly seen any use.

--
Johnny B Good