Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!psuvax1!psuvm!uh2 From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A500 power supply (how good is it?) Message-ID: <89223.102821UH2@PSUVM> Date: 11 Aug 89 14:28:21 GMT References: <1400@bnr-fos.UUCP> Organization: Penn State University - Center for Academic Computing Lines: 13 In article <1400@bnr-fos.UUCP>, protcoop@leibniz.uucp says: > >Hi. I recently upgraded from an A1000 to an A500 (yes, I do consider it >to be an upgrade :-). I was wondering how long I could safely leave my >500 powered up? I remember that at one time I left my 1000 on for 4 You shouldn't leave your power supply on for a single minute longer than you absolutely must. The A500 power supplies only have so much power installed in them when they leave the factory, and when you've used that up, you're finished. It is far better to turn your machine on and off 20 to 30 times per day. Besides saving your power, this keeps the power switch from corroding.