Turning off monitors

[John "C". Sucilla]

>[[Ed's Note: Turning off your system monitor has no effect on the actual
>CPU (unless it's a VT100 hooked up as a console :) :)); however, turning
>it on and off will probably reduce the lifetime of your monitors. It seems
>like this was discussed once in Sunspots, but I can't find the issues :(.
>-bdg]]

I'm interested in the cost differential between leaving the monitors on
after hours vs. power clearing them when you go home.  Obviously the
electric bill will be lower when they are powered down every night but is
that cheaper in the long run than having to pay the cost of repairs (or
replacement) of monitors that die from frequent power cycling?  has anyone
done any research on this?  Are there any published papers that can be
snarfed?  

Hopefully, the research would include fire hazard data for monitors that
are allowed to be powered up all night with nobody around to see them
catch on fire.  I mean, how often does that *really* happen?  I've known
of two that went up in smoke and flames in the last 14 years or so but
I've heard of a couple more.

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