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From: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Computer on 24hrs.day? (yes or no)
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Date: 29 Mar 90 15:52:17 GMT
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In article <28294@ubvax.UB.Com> gregk@ubvax.ub.com.UUCP (Greg Kendall) writes:
>MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu (Mark Solsman) writes:
>>Should I leave my computer on 24hrs/day, or should I turn it on/off each day?
>>
>>The system is a Gateway 2000 386 tower.
>>Mark Solsman                                             MHS108 @ PSUVM.BITNET
Here is a guide line from another ignorant user: If it wont be used for 24 hrs
then turn it off. At our shop, we leave them on during the week and turn
them off on the weekends.
There *is* some stress to the components in cycling power. In the high voltage
system components can be physically moved (*very* slightly) by the HV fields
building up and collapsing. Heat cycling (changing temp) can do the same.
			-ted-

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