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From: skipm@dorsai (Dorsai SysOp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: TURN COMPUTER OFF OR LEAVE ON?
Message-ID: <Rma732w163w@dorsai>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 91 09:14:26 PDT
References: <1991May24.163319.9578@ariel.unm.edu>
Organization: The Dorsai Diplomatic Mission (+1.212.431.1944)

honeywel@chama.unm.edu (Honeywell Field Service) writes:

> screwing with the power.  These systems would not have been damaged if
> they had been powered off when not in use.  If you've got conditioned
> power and battery backup, then the vagaries of weather and power grids
> will not be a concern.
> 
I guess you could argue either way on the basis of location - I myself
as a tech lean to leaving the systems on all the time - electronic 
components experience the most stress when they experience the surge of
power arcing through them, and when in an on-line state. The best state
for a system to be in is either on or off, never powered up. I've  
actually found a small trend to less downtime in hardware if it's left
continually on, as opposed to powered up when it's needed.
 
Skip
 

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