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From: unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A500 power supply (how good is it?)
Message-ID: <7633@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 11 Aug 89 20:32:46 GMT
References: <1400@bnr-fos.UUCP> <89223.102821UH2@PSUVM>
Reply-To: unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 48

In article <89223.102821UH2@PSUVM> UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) writes:
$In article <1400@bnr-fos.UUCP>, protcoop@leibniz.uucp says:
$>
$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.
          ^^^^^^^ No Smiley Faces?
$
$It is far better to turn your machine on and off 20 to 30 times per day.
           ^^^^^^ This is absolutely false!  There are a Lot of major
corporations that would love to disagree with you about this one. Turning
any electronic device on and off is extremely bad for it due to the power
surges that occur upon power up. I for one am familiar with a case at
a major studio in hollywood that actualy tested to determine if the cost
of leaving equipment on outweighed the repair or replcement cost due to 
the power surges from turning them off and on each day.  I have a 500 in
office that runs for months on end and  has no problem with the depletion 
of the so called installed power alotment :^). This firm discovered that if
the equipment was to be used within a twelve hour period then a shutdown was
uncalled for and would reduce the life by an amount greater then the bill
for power consumption. This is especially true of monitors and displays which 
are more effected by powersurges than some other types of equipment.  BTW
I have three Amigas and they have remained on for upto three months and one
was running continusly for almost a year without any sign of trouble.

$Besides saving your power, this keeps the power switch from corroding.


My switches dont seem to be exhibiting this problem very much and 
one of my machines is right next to the beach which has a tendency to
have more corosive air than in some other parts of the country.

My opinion is:  Leave it on if you plan to use it in the next four or five 
hours and dont do unecessary power ups and downs.

These  are my opinions! If they were someone elses then they would have said
them. I am not talking as other than a private citizen.

So There!

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