Re: How long is too long to leave a II on?

[Xevious@tap.fnet.org]

In Article <<erik-2407952309080001@192.0.2.1>>,
<erik@hypermall.com> wrote:

>In article <3uv3i0$ce@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
>dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:
>
>> rogtha@delphi.com wrote:
>> : I have two cooling fans hooked to both vents of my original II . . .
>> : After how many hours should I shut it off? I know II's don't hold up as
>> : well to days/hours of use as PC's do . . . (no offense)
>> It doesn't?
>> I've had my IIgs on for the better part of this month with no signs of
>> trouble, and Mom leaves her ][e on all the time...though in both cases
>>[...]
>> I can't think of any reason why the ][ would want to be shut down.  The
>> 6502 runs pretty cool.  It's those 80n86's that cook themselves to death!
>
>I agree - I ran a BBS for a couple years on one of my IIGSs - and even
>now, I don't turn this one off unless I'm going out of town.  Keep in
>mind, these are not pentium based toaster ovens.. since you have fans (I
>don't) you should be even less concerned thaan I am.. and I'm not.

This IIgs's been on for about 4 years, nearly 24/7, running the bbs.
But you can't really compare it to a pentium system because of the
heat sinks and/or fans etc.

I think half the trick is gauging how much the monitor'll be on -
and whether or not its right on top of the cpu. If it is the IIgs
seems to be almost twice as hot as normal.

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