Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!trwind!venice!ries From: ries@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Marc Ries) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Computer on 24hrs.day? (yes or no) Message-ID: <433@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> Date: 29 Mar 90 18:38:00 GMT References: <28294@ubvax.UB.Com> Reply-To: ries@venice.sedd.trw.com (Marc Ries) Distribution: comp Organization: TRW Lines: 26 >My undertanding is that it is indeed harder on the system to have the >shock of being turned on than to be left on, but that the difference >is only significant if you turn your computer on several times a day >(like more than 10 or so). It is not that a computer can't take being >turned on and off, it is merely that anything electronic takes a >certain amount of wear and tear damage from being subjected to the >flow of electricity where there had recently been none. 1) My DOS machines hangs up enough times during a typical session that I can't help but turn it off and on several times a day 1/2)! 2) While I don't have the "facts" handy, (the state of Calif. did some research last year and I posted the results last year) the limited studies I have seen indicated that you will probably save enough on lower electricity costs (even if it were not better for the environment) by turning off the machinery than by keeping it on and having it "last a little longer". Video monitors are REAL electricity hogs, but a 200W+ power supply can keep things pretty warm, too! -- Marc Ries ries@venice.sedd.trw.com (ARPA) somewhere!trwind!venice!ries (UUCP) #include