Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:17:01 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: Kendall Shaw <queshaw@pacbell.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Leave workstation on or off? Message-ID: <37B444FD.72A2BB8E@ispro.net.tr> References: <001101bee553$fa4e3bf0$0200a8c0@orfice.org>
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I believe that it would be cheaper to turn them off at night. I have heard that if you open and close electronic devices too much you can damage them but I heard it 5 years ago or something. I believe that now electronic products are more stable and have protective circuits for protecting them from the electric current when you are opening and closing. But of course there is a lifetime for every electronic component and if you are lucky you may use them for a long time. For example I had an IBM PS/2 Model 30, which has a 8080 cpu :) for 6-8 years and I was normally opening and closing it twice in a day and nothing happened well once the monitor went black and never come back though. Kendall Shaw wrote: > > Is it cheaper to turn workstations off at night and, or leave them > on? I'd heard the idea before that you damage electronics > by turning it off and on. > > Kendall > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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