Abstract: A cabinet for stowing electronic devices, each of the electronic devices including a rechargeable electric battery enabling the electronic device to be a mobile device. The cabinet includes a power supply adapted to provide electricity, a plurality of housings, each housing being adapted to receive an electronic device and to transfer electricity to the electronic device in order to charge it. The cabinet further includes a control module which detects an inserted state when an electronic device is inserted into a housing of the cabinet, and which orders the turning off or powering of at least one set of components not including the battery of the electronic device if the inserted state is detected, while ensuring that power continues to be supplied to the battery so as to charge it.