From: Mike N. 

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:32:11 -0400, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>> I don't believe that stuff about continuous running = reliable for modern
>> components. Do you have any reason to believe this?
>
>Just personal experience.

   I remember 2 times that I've experienced 'cold equipment failure', and
about 3 or 4 where there was a 'warm failure' - rebooting something after
it had been powered on for a while and it fails then.

    I'm of the opinion that by having the equipment off, you'll have less
exposure to lightning and a power company transformer failure causing
overvoltage.   It all depends on how exposed you are to lightning and how
resistant your setup is to common mode voltages (your UPS protects the
power, but is there a cable / Lan / Telephone/TV connected to another
port?)

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