Always on or on and off? A Poll

[Pocono Redneck]

Do you power on and off your equipment or do you leave it up and running 24/7?

Personally I leave the power supplies on 24/7 and power off just the radios at night--they stay on from the time I wake up till bed time even if I'm not actually sitting here at my desk.

What say you?

[greenhorn]

well none of my stuff has power supplies. I have a 2995 and an xforce ten pill base amp so the poll didn't really apply to me I guess. I turn the stuff on and off.

[Midlander]

I leave everything on, because you never know when conditions are going to come in. You cant hear conditions if your equipment is off.

[linx]

You don't have the option, so I'll tell ya how I do it.

Being a tube amp user, I leave my tube amp on 24/7. I never turn it off, that way it's always good to go. It's just sitting there waiting on me to hit that Ready/Standby switch. My power supply stays on, b/c it's behind my desk and I don't want to dig for it. My radio gets turned off and coax is removed from my whole system coming from the antennas everytime I leave the house, or go to bed.

[80 meter man]

My Astron-35 has been on for two years. Never a problem. My radio equipment is off until I need it.

[Punkin Head]

theres a on off switch on this stuff??? I learn somethin new everyday huh

[greenhorn]

theres a on off switch on this stuff??? I learn somethin new everyday huh

Bwhahahahaa!

[TwentyTwo-Zero]

My equipment stays powered up 24/7. When I took a computer course we were taught that it is the initial power surge when you first turn your equipment on that will do the most damage. So, I apply the same logic to my radio equipment. Now, if they would only incorporate a "sleep" mode into radios so they would consume less power when sitting idle...