Re: Leave router switched on 24/7 ?

[Chris Whelan <cawhelan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eddy wrote:

> I understand from reading lots of reviews and reports that the problem
> some people have found with many routers is that they have overheated .
> . . and died.  So while I have positioned mine upright and with plenty
> of air around it, I am wondering if its not silly to leave it constantly
> plugged in - with all its lights on and other parts receiving current
> too.   It's so much easier to leave it on all the time though.
> 
> I was wondering what most of you do.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Eddy.

I had a Linksys that was on 24/7. It died. Its replacement gets turned off
every night. It's still OK.

There is no way to prove a connection between those two situations, but it's
so trivial to arrange sockets and extension leads so that you only need to
flick one switch to kill everything that it seems silly not to!

Chris

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