Leave it on?


I just listened to Paul McGowan explain that turning SS equipment on and off degrades the capacitors from the tiny power surge and that leaving SS equipment on ALL THE TIME is best. What do you do? 

maprik

@audiodwebe Yep I turn my Aleph 1.2's off nightly after listening – the heat but also the electrical bill.

@au_lait “…. the heat but also the electrical bill”.

As @vair68robert said previously in the earlier days of this discussion…..

A single amplifier at the national average KWh rate, consuming just 85w powered on amounts to $166 a year.
 

Your Alephs draw 500w each. Good job you turn them off.

 

Hi.some of my equipment have manufacture shut off automatic.xconsult the manual and have fun

@thecarpathian 

"Do you hear any appreciable difference with your thermal magnetic switches in?"

The only physical changes were adding a thermal magnetic switch in the wall to the hot wire feeding each amp, and then removing the (pretty good - recent SR color) fuse installed by SMc Audio and replacing it with a1/4-inch, 99.9 percent copper rod that was burnished smooth.

To your question, no, I do not hear any appreciable differences that I would reliably attribute to changing out the fuse for a thermal magnetic switch.  I am not surprised.  However, I do get to turn my amps off without unplugging them or turning off the breaker at the main electrical panel so I am happy with the win. 

@mitch2 ,

I score it a win if it didn't degrade the sound, plus it was a cool things to do!