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Title: Necessary to leave Router on?
Post by: thecreator on April 14, 2008, 08:55:26 AM

Hi Support and All,

Question: Is it necessary to leave the Router run all day and night? If you have it plugged into a Surge Power Strip with an On and Off Switch, can it be turned off and turned back on as needed?

Can it save Electricity, by not letting it run all day and night?

I was leaving it on all Day and night, but I'm curious, if it would last longer, but cutting its power, especially when Thunder Storms are around? Not running a Web-site.

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Necessary to leave Router on?
Post by: Rara Avis on April 14, 2008, 10:38:54 AM

These devices were designed to be run 24x7, and their power usage is minuscule, personally I would just let um rip.

I am of the old school of thought that cutting the power and powering on silicon stresses it more than just letting it run.  I don't know of any specific studies into this phenomenon, but I have seen a lot of anecdotal evidence that this may be true.  I know 10 years ago you would have been told just to let it run.  Now I'm not so sure.

Additionally you mentioned lightning, I also remember a time when the above advice was completely ignored during lightning storms, where I live we don't get many, but I would be lying if I told you I have never ran around the house in a storm hurriedly unplugging (not just turning off but getting at least a foot from the wall with the plug and device) all my computers and related equipment.  It was a risk vs. reward thing, and the poor performance of the surge protectors of the day and the electrostatic sensitivity of the silicon of the day meant that leaving it plugged in was a bigger risk than stressing it by pulling the plug.  Additionally if you lose power the plug will be pulled for you, further pushing the pull the plug theory.

Now I just leave it on due to habit and I don't stress during lightning (better protectors + better device design + cheaper devices = no stress).  I love living in the future.

Title: Re: Necessary to leave Router on?
Post by: Sammydad1 on April 19, 2008, 07:11:45 PM

Hi,

The other side of the coin is this...How many little power warts are you also leaving on 24/7 besides just the router....some srticles of recent magazines tend to indicate maybe $35/mo savings if you turn them ALL off when not in use.  I am sure we must have some 25 or 30 little things plugged in 24/7 that we could live without like phones and router and modem and printers and such.... The trick is getting as many as possible powered thru the same power strip so one switch kills as many as possible....

YMMV...


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