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From: ncreed@ndsuvax.UUCP (Walter Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Does Turning off PC's everyday do any real damage?
Message-ID: <765@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 2 Apr 88 05:05:46 GMT
References: <1727@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Reply-To: ncreed@ndsuvax.UUCP (Walter Reed)
Organization: North Dakota State University  Fargo, ND
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Summary: Doesn't help...

In article <1727@ssc-vax.UUCP> dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes:
>
>I am interested to know, from a TECHNICAL viewpoint, whether
>or not it causes any damage to turn a PC off everyday.
It isn't turning them off, it's turning them on :-)
What happens is that a surge of power courses through the machine when it is
turned on.  For a brief period of time, a high amount a current charges
capacitors and can strain other components.  I have heard that this can
shorten the life of equipment.  It is cheaper and more reliable to leave
the equipment on than to repair or replace it.
>
>Personally, I have an Amiga which I leave on ALL the time.
Good choice of machine :-)   I also leave my amiga on all the time.
>* David Geary, Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA          *


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