Turning the LED monitor on and off constantly wears out the button and causes more wear and tear on the monitor. I hardly notice much difference in my electric bill with the monitor on all the time than when it was off. I leave my computer monitor on all day when I'm gonna be using my computer monitor and my electric bill does not go up much. However LED monitors use around 30 watts or so of electricity when on and so turning them off saves only a little electricity. The old CRT monitors used around 100 watts of electricity so turning those big CRT monitors off when not in use did save some energy which saved money on the electric bill. Turning your computer monitor off when not using it does save some energy but not a lot. There's also been times where I had to unplug my desktop computer to shut it down because it was hanging up although it's not good to always unplug the computer without shutting it down first.īut unplugging the monitor while it's on is OK. I've unplugged my monitor while it was on before when I forgot to turn it off first by the switch and it's been fine. It's not bad to unplug your monitor while it's on. Then they get shut down to replace them with new ones. In some cases the servers may need to be shut down for a short while so updates and repairs can be made but most servers are never shut down for years. Just like the web servers that are running this website and other websites they are constantly on and running 24/7 and will usually run for months or even years without being shut down. You actually shorten the life of the desktop computer and hard drive when it's shut off too often. When the computer starts up and shuts down the hard disk spins up and shuts down often which then creates more wear and tear on it. Leaving your desktop computer on or PC on 24/7 is actually better for it than constantly shutting it off and turning it back on.Ī PC can run continuously forever basically or until it actually quits.Ī desktop computer is meant to run continuously and it's actually better to keep the desktop computer on and running continuously instead of shutting it down every night. If your computer is slowing down and browser not responding it's a good idea to shut it down for awhile and then unplug it and press the power button so that it can clear up and refresh the temporary cache in the RAM. However it's best to shut down the computer overnight at least after a month or two months of constantly being on so that it can refresh and clear the cache. I've left my computer on for a year before until we had a power outage and then the computer shut down and then I had to restart it. Laptop computers should be shut down every night as they can overheat more easily.īut desktop computers can be safely let on for months or years without being shut down. It's not bad to never turn off your computer or PC.
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