On Sonntag 13 Dezember 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Saturday 12 December 2009 21:42:13 Dale wrote: > > And some would also argue that cycling power on and off is actually bad > > for the rig as well. Keeping things at a constant temp is better than > > fluctuating temps. The old expanding and contracting of material > > argument. Sort of strange that computers that run a lot last a loooong > > time. > > This is perfectly true and a well-proven fact. Thermal recycling is not > good for electronics. It is good for your electricity bill though....
no, it is a myth. Fanbearing are pretty sensitive. Harddisk bearings are not made for 24/7 anymore. Caps age under load. Even a small increase in heat halfs the expected halftime. Let your rig run all the time and you increase the risk of hardware failure a lot. > > Tektronix did some proper lab tests many many years ago on their > top-of-the- line oscilloscopes. They found that the calibration interval > could be tripled if the rig was never switched off (just turn down the > brightness overnight) > and how does sensitve measuring equipment compare to not-very-sensitive-but- fast-aging-and-consisting-of-cheap-crap-computers?
