To add to this (even if a bit late) We too shut down daily, and have
never had a failure.
Except for the odd PC case mains switch.

And as we have switches on our mains sockets we can turn them off there
& advoid this too.

In summer I often wander around the department at lunch & turn the
monitors off to
try & keep the temperature down.



Matthew Lamkin
Printed Circuit Board Draughtsman
Protec Fire Detection PLC.
Nelson, Lancashire
England. U.K.



>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Sunil Gupta [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Tuesday, August 10, 1999 4:50 AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: [TN] "Green" Technologies...
>
>We (every one in the company) have been shutting our PCs daily before going
>home since many years. Not a single failure has been reported.
>
>I strongly believe we can save lots of our natural resources by switching
>off the PCs at night.
>Auto shut down is meant for the day period where in you would not like to
>shut off and switch on frequently during the day time or when the PC is
>acting as a server on the network. But what has happened because of this is
>that every one keeps the PC on even during the day.
>
>Save resources and save your money.
>
>
>regards
>
>Sunil Gupta
>Manager-Process Engineering
>Tata Telecom Ltd.
>
>
>
>
>
>"Stephen R. Gregory" <[log in to unmask]> on 10-08-99 04:41:12
>
>Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum." <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond
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>To:   [log in to unmask]
>cc:    (bcc: Sunil Gupta/TTL)
>Subject:  [TN] "Green" Technologies...
>
>
>
>
>Hi ya'll!
>
>This may be a little off-topic, but I've got a little wager with someone
>that
>the thought behind "Green" Technology is really a bust. You know for
>example,
>the monitors that shut themselves off after a certain period of time may
>well
>save a few fractions of a cent in power consumption, but the stress of
>powering down and up, and down and up, and so on, causes the life of the
>monitor to be considerably shortened.
>
>Somehow, this person has calculated that if everybody in the company shuts
>their computers off everynight, and then reboots them every morning, there
>will be a $3,500 a year savings in electricity. My take on it is that the
>$3,500 in electricity savings will be overshadowed by the cost of failed
>motherboards and associated hardware from the 'pooters powering up and
>down...am I out to lunch on this? (If I am, I owe a lunch...hehehe)
>
>-Steve Gregory-
>
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