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Do wireless chargers spend more electricity to charge your phone? Or the same amount?
by viewer5 12y ago
Do wireless chargers spend more electricity to charge your phone? Or the same amount?
- sbierwagen 12y agoDepends on the method, but you can be sure that you're losing at least 10% to inductive/RF losses, and more typically 20%. Reasonable for a phone, batshit insane for EV charging, which is why Magne Charge never took off. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magne_Charge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magne_Charge) 20% of 6 kW for every car, times millions of cars...
- ethana 12y agoWhen I had a L920, I noticed the charging plate and phone would get really hot, even after the phone is charged to 100%. Through the wire, the heat is minimal like every other phone. So, base on heat dissipation, I would say yes.