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Article #142Re: Computers use 7W when SWITCHED OFF!
From: Stephen Worthington
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:15
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:15
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:04:06 GMT, "mr deo" <rstlne@atatwhereherewheretherehuyeh.com> wrote: >Or shoving water up a mountain during the day, and then draining it out at >peak times ... >The grid may well never work at 100% capacity, it probably doesnt ever work >above 50% without throwing alarms... >I personally keep all my equipment plugged in, SMPS's have a lovely way of >going dead when you cycle the source power on and off, so If you unplugged >your PSU every day I bet you'd kill at least one PSU a year. (negating all >gains) Switch mode power supplies are very reliable when designed and built properly. If you are expecting them to die with power cycling, then you are thinking about the ones built with bad capacitors. Like motherboards, there are plenty around still with bad capacitors. But once they are all dead, the new ones should be much more reliable.
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