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From: soo@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Chong L Soo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Power Supplies in Amigas
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Date: 17 Jan 88 04:53:11 GMT
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In article <1828@rayssdb.RAY.COM> rxb@rayssdb.RAY.COM (Richard A. Brooks) writes:
>  My advice is DON'T TURN IT OFF!!!  At all, ever, never, leave it running
> 24 hours a day seven days a week. 

I understand that power on-off cycles are bad for the power supply.  How bad
is it to the chips?  Would someone tell me how I could estimate the power
consumption of an idling computer?  I mean, would it be cheaper to leave the
computer on all the time or would it be cheaper to just get a new computer when
it eventually fail (every two years?)?  Anyone know the consumption of an
off-the-shelf B2000?

Thankie.
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