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

[wernst@deltanet.com (Warren 'Llama' Ernst)]

shoppa@almach.caltech.edu (Timothy D. Shoppa) wrote:

>In article <ZxHiRwR.rogtha@delphi.com>, rogtha@delphi.com writes...
>>I have two cooling fans hooked to both vents of my original II . . .
>>After how many hours should I shut it off?

>It depends.  If you're only using it for less than an hour or two
>each day, you should turn it off when you're done with it.  If you
>use it many times every day, it may be best to leave it on
>24 hours a day.

>On what do I base the above advice?  Two things:

>1.  In my experience, the most common components to go on a ][ or
>][+ are the power switch and/or the power supply.  Both of
>these undergo major stress during turn on or turn off.

>2.  On the other hand, it's clearly wasteful of power to keep
>the machine on 24 hours a day if it's unlikely to be potentially
>used during most of that period.

I had my //e with a meg ramdisk on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 3
YEARS! Yes, I would occasionally turn it off to move out of the dorms
or to stick a new card into a slot, but by and large it was always on
and never failed. It still works great, and it is 11 years old! I have
no delusions that my pentium will last that long.

Virtually,
Warr
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