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Color monitors often draw a little bit of current when the front
panel power switch is off.  This is due to the fact that a
de-gaussing coil is wrapped around the front edge of the CRT and
supplied with a few mA of 60Hz current to prevent a static magnetic
field from forming on the shadow mask and causing color blotches.
The AC switch is often rigged to send a larger current for a few
seconds right when the monitor is switched on to clean up any
residual field.

For these monitors, I'd leave them plugged in, but not turned on
overnight (unless somebody is around, of course!).

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In article <572@ubvax.UUCP>, skip@ubvax.UUCP (Stayton D Addison Jr) writes:
> In article <302@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
> > ...
> >	Now for the real meat of this letter.  Its a darn good idea
> >to turn the monitor off (ie. no 110v going in, not just the
> >intensity down) while everyone is out of the office.  We have 50 or
> > ... [stuff related to why one should turn off the monitor]
> 
> Even with the power switch turned off, several monitors still drain a few 
> milliamps.  (Maybe for a cathode heater?)  It would seem wise to turn off
> the power switch, but not the source of 110V power.  An example is the IBM
> Color/Graphics Display.  
> 
> -- Skip Addison