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To: Kendall Shaw <queshaw@pacbell.net>
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Subject: Re: Leave workstation on or off?
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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
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