leave BB router on or off ?

surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
what power do they draw >?
6months left on ??

> surely its best to switch off as they run hot

If you can stand it vertically, it may not get as hot.

> what power do they draw >?

Sod all.

> 6months left on ??

Still next to sod all.

Colin Wilson wrote:
>> surely its best to switch off as they run hot
>
> If you can stand it vertically, it may not get as hot.
>
>> what power do they draw >?
>
> Sod all.
>
>> 6months left on ??
>
> Still next to sod all.
Anyway, Ive just done some calcs: its slightly cheaper to heat my house
with nuclear electricity than oil anyway, so mine stay on as room
heaters ;-)

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:45:23 UTC, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
> what power do they draw >?

Take a look on it. It should say.

> 6months left on ??

I watt-year is a bit over a pound, typically.

If you turn it off, you'll probably upset the line training. Mine hasn't
been off in about six years.
--
Bob Eager
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK:
http://www.mirrorservice.org

> > surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
> > what power do they draw >?
It usually says on a label somewhere, or in the manual,
or on the mfrs. website.
Typically 8 to 10 watts, a significant part of which
seems to be in the wallwart power supply, small
transformers aren't too efficient, and tend to run
a bit warm.
If I switch mine off, then on, it will restart at a
higher rate than before, but drops back again
to a lower BRAS after a few hours.

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>> > surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
>> > what power do they draw >?
> It usually says on a label somewhere, or in the manual,
> or on the mfrs. website.
> Typically 8 to 10 watts, a significant part of which
> seems to be in the wallwart power supply, small
> transformers aren't too efficient, and tend to run
> a bit warm.
> If I switch mine off, then on, it will restart at a
> higher rate than before, but drops back again
> to a lower BRAS after a few hours.

I bought a power meter, a thing that plugs into a wall socket and then you
plug a device into the meter. It shows that the power consumption of my
router's wall wart (and also my mobile phone charger) consume about 1 watt
with a power-factor of about 0.9 (so almost a pure resistive load). When
driving the device (router or mobile phone) the power increases slightly so
as to alternate between 1 and 2, though mainly still 1 watt.

I was pleasnatly surprised: I expected the router especially to use a lot
more power than that.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:45:23 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:

>surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
>what power do they draw >?
>6months left on ??

Turn all unnecessary appliances off when not being used. They reckon
standby power is responsible for 13% of home power consumption. You
times that cost by a few million times globally and you can see it not
only costs us, but it also cost the planet dearly.

Off there will be zero risk of fire, virus, hackers etc Peace of
mind=priceless.

On 25 Apr 2008 20:09:53 GMT, "Bob Eager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:45:23 UTC, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>> surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
>> what power do they draw >?
>
>Take a look on it. It should say.
>
>> 6months left on ??
>
>I watt-year is a bit over a pound, typically.
>
>If you turn it off, you'll probably upset the line training. Mine hasn't
>been off in about six years.

Then you're a bloody idiot. Line training my arse! that only occurs
during initial service where it's worth anything.

I have turned mine off for the last ten years and had zero performance
issues.

Old Codger wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:45:23 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed)
> wrote:
>
>> surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
>> what power do they draw >?
>> 6months left on ??
>
> Turn all unnecessary appliances off when not being used. They reckon
> standby power is responsible for 13% of home power consumption. You
> times that cost by a few million times globally and you can see it not
> only costs us, but it also cost the planet dearly.
>
> Off there will be zero risk of fire, virus, hackers etc Peace of
> mind=priceless.
>
>
OTOH standby power heats the house nicely.


And with more electricity being generated by non fossil means every day,
thats gotta be a GOOD thing ;-)

Old Codger wrote:
> On 25 Apr 2008 20:09:53 GMT, "Bob Eager" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:45:23 UTC, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>
>>> surely its best to switch off as they run hot .
>>> what power do they draw >?
>> Take a look on it. It should say.
>>
>>> 6months left on ??
>> I watt-year is a bit over a pound, typically.
>>
>> If you turn it off, you'll probably upset the line training. Mine hasn't
>> been off in about six years.
>
> Then you're a bloody idiot. Line training my arse! that only occurs
> during initial service where it's worth anything.
>
> I have turned mine off for the last ten years and had zero performance
> issues.
>
>
And, with it turned off, zero performance as well :-)