05-15-2023, 11:01 PM
If you live in an area where power outages, brownouts and fluctuations of energy are common, I would be double-sure to turn the computer off and to physically disconnect the power cable because it's the best way to protect it. Not even an UPS could protect it adequately in that situation. I have an UPS which is junk which I'm forced to turn on all the time but I'm not going to do the same with my computer. I can only have one thing connected to it -- the computer -- and not the modem and therefore when there's a power outage I lose Internet signal but I get a chance to power down the system gracefully. Even what you have said about electronics which like to be turned on. I agree with that but cannot risk damage due to a power surge because I cannot get compensation for it.
I would need a better UPS which would last me a couple of years anyway, but it's not worth the high cost anymore.
I don't think you would like to take my place in the autumn six years ago.
But this was about things being turned off and unplugged. About keeping them plugged in but not "enabled", well as I've said, I cannot risk my computer in that mode when I'm not going to use it for hours such as going to sleep. Many years ago I bought a power supply at Radio Shack which costed me nearly 100USD. It failed soon after I started using it thanks to a power surge, became completely worthless. A surge might happen rarely nowadays, but I react toward the other problems about electricity.
The only thing that is constantly turned on where I live are the refrigerator and fans. Because it could get uncomfortably hot in the afternoon.
I would need a better UPS which would last me a couple of years anyway, but it's not worth the high cost anymore.
I don't think you would like to take my place in the autumn six years ago.
But this was about things being turned off and unplugged. About keeping them plugged in but not "enabled", well as I've said, I cannot risk my computer in that mode when I'm not going to use it for hours such as going to sleep. Many years ago I bought a power supply at Radio Shack which costed me nearly 100USD. It failed soon after I started using it thanks to a power surge, became completely worthless. A surge might happen rarely nowadays, but I react toward the other problems about electricity.
The only thing that is constantly turned on where I live are the refrigerator and fans. Because it could get uncomfortably hot in the afternoon.