{"id":8753,"date":"2025-03-18T21:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8753"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T00:40:56","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-leave-a-charger-in-an-outlet-when-not-in-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8753","title":{"rendered":"Why you shouldn\u2019t leave a charger in an outlet when not in use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/02083402\/Asock-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/02083402\/Asock-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/02083402\/Asock-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/09\/02083402\/Asock-412x216.jpg 412w\" alt=\"Unattended charger in outlet. Credit \/ Shutterstock\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unattended charger in outlet. Credit \/ Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re anything like me, you\u2019ll have a whole host of bad habits you want to get rid of one day. They might not even be all that extreme \u2013 I mean, who doesn\u2019t have\u00a0<em>something\u00a0<\/em>they\u2019d like to change about themselves given the opportunity \u2013 but the point is that they exist, and that\u2019s perfectly normal.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"opyut69f5ba8bdcfb8\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.opyut69f5ba8bdcfb8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.opyut69f5ba8bdcfb8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.opyut69f5ba8bdcfb8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.opyut69f5ba8bdcfb8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.opyut69f5ba8bdcfb8 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>For some people it can be addiction that gets in the way of them cutting out that unwanted thing from their lives. Smoking, drinking, gambling, eating too much fast food\u2026 that sort of thing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-c625448d004894c2505e9408be297fff\" class=\"newsner-c625448d004894c2505e9408be297fff newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-468592198\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb-media bb_wrapper bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\" data-flags=\"{}\" data-softembargoremainingtime=\"0\" data-sid=\"IFMGjSX6Ia12\" data-isready=\"true\" data-autoplaynextremainingtime=\"0\">\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-content-layer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-context-layer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Other habits, though, have their roots in, well, habitual behavior. That is to say that there\u2019s nothing really stopping you from changing them, aside from perhaps laziness or absentmindedness.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll give you a rather poignant example: I couldn\u2019t seem to stop leaving my phone charger in the wall even when it wasn\u2019t being used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unattended charger in outlet. Credit \/ Shutterstock If you\u2019re anything like me, you\u2019ll have a whole host of bad habits you want to get rid of one day. They might not even be all that extreme \u2013 I mean, who doesn\u2019t have\u00a0something\u00a0they\u2019d like to change about themselves given the opportunity \u2013 but the point is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,17,11,20,24,15,12,25,22,18,16,21,14,23,13],"class_list":["post-8753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chronic-diseases","tag-fitness","tag-health-tips","tag-healthcare-technology","tag-healthy-lifestyle","tag-healthy-living","tag-medical-advice","tag-medical-awareness","tag-medical-research","tag-mental-health","tag-nutrition","tag-patient-care","tag-preventive-care","tag-public-health","tag-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why you shouldn\u2019t leave a charger in an outlet when not in use - VM News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=8753\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why you shouldn\u2019t leave a charger in an outlet when not in use - VM News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Unattended charger in outlet. 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