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leaving airport extreme on overnight

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tongzilla

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The thing feels really hot. They say it's capable of running 24/7, but it doesn't feel right. Is there anyway to turn it off without unplugging?
 
I've had mine on nonstop since August 2006. Our house hasn't burned down yet. You can't turn it off without unplugging it.
 
tongzilla said:
The thing feels really hot. They say it's capable of running 24/7, but it doesn't feel right. Is there anyway to turn it off without unplugging?
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I've never turned mine off. It's been on since I've had it. Why would you want to turn it off?
 
Yep mine's been on non-stop since......a year ago? And it's sitting next to a linksys router, cable emta, and a hard disk! No overheating so far!
 
I have three wireless routers, the most recently acquired of which is a Time Capsule. None of the three has ever been turned of and I have had no problems with any of them. The oldest, a Linksys WAP54 wireless access point has been continuously in service since 2003.
 
I have mine hooked up to a powerstrip with a printer and external drive. I turn mine off each night to save electricity. Otherwise, I would not hesitate to keep it going all the time.

My imac is hooked up similarly and I will turn off the powerstrip at night if I am not running some process.

All the electronics add up on electricity usage. Even when an electronic is "off" many things still pull power. For example the tv will constantly pull power to save channel settings.
 
Gentile said:
I have mine hooked up to a powerstrip with a printer and external drive. I turn mine off each night to save electricity. Otherwise, I would not hesitate to keep it going all the time.

My imac is hooked up similarly and I will turn off the powerstrip at night if I am not running some process.

All the electronics add up on electricity usage. Even when an electronic is "off" many things still pull power. For example the tv will constantly pull power to save channel settings.
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Hmm...i've heard the same thing about the "current draw" even when electronics are off, but find it hard to believe that extrapolated over long periods of time it can add up to much of anything, or does it? Anyone seen a study done on this?
 
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