Hi,
Is it better/worse/makes absolutely no difference to leave the SB3
permanently connected to the mains?
I've noticed the wall wart gets quite hot and wondered if it might be
better to unplug the SB3 when not in use.
Is there any received wisdom on this?
Cheers...
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MikeWynneDub
Personally i switch it off at the mains when not in use. But there is
only me that uses it, so having to switch it back on is not really an
inconvenience. I'm also in th habbit of switching everything off when
not in use.
I resent paying for the electricity that wall warts waste :D
But as for
See 'this thread'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35792), where I raised
the same question, though my main motivation was that leaving the SB3
on whilst turning off our WiFi seemed to cause reconnection problems.
I've been turning my SB3 off each night ever since early June, and
I have several SB3 and they are all plugged in 24/7. One is my alarm
clock. I have no problems with them on all the time.
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SuperQ
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Wouldn't a switching power supply bring down power draw quite a bit?
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michel
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michel wrote:
Wouldn't a switching power supply bring down power draw quite a bit?
Right, the key characteristic of a switching over linear power supply is
that switchers are much, much more efficient.
Well, they are also simpler, made in massive volumes, and are thus much
less expensive.
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Umm, isn't the stock wall wart a switching power supply?
I've browsed the audiophile forum and have seen the heated 'debates'
about switched vs linear ($890 for a power supply?, WTF!?).
Not being an electrical engineer I haven't a clue as to the technical
differences but I deduce that a linear
MikeWynneDub wrote:
Umm, isn't the stock wall wart a switching power supply?
Yes.
Nearly all wall warts for all consumer electronics are switching power
supplies.
I've browsed the audiophile forum and have seen the heated 'debates'
about switched vs linear ($890 for a power supply?, WTF!?).
Thanks, pfarrell!
I reckon I'll just leave it plugged in then (which I've done for the
last 11 months!).
Lately I've been suffering 'green' pangs of guilt re leaving stuff on
standby etc. but, then again, I've got this tube amp which gives off
enough heat to fry an egg...
Cheers...
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Although it's a valid concern for electronics in general, there is no
practical evidence that powering on/off can affect a Squeezebox one way
or the other. So connecting it to a switched outlet is perfectly safe -
in fact one of the tests we do to all our products is to cycle the
power thousands
MikeWynneDub wrote:
I reckon I'll just leave it plugged in then (which I've done for the
last 11 months!).
The draw of the power supply, and the SqueezeBox is very tiny.
There may be specs somewhere, but I bet its closer to a night light than
anything significant.
Lately I've been suffering
Wow!!!
A post from the man himself!
That's what I love about this company and its' products...
Put simply, I love my SB3.
And am contemplating a Transporter but as all my non-digital music died
in a house fire and I only bothered to rip it all to MP3, I'm thinking
it's probably overkill...
but, then again, I've got this tube amp which gives off
enough heat to fry an egg..
Valve amps use insane amount of power just for the filament heaters.
Let
alone the active amp parts.
But they can sound nice.
Yes they can...
It's a PrimaLuna Prologue Two (driving Mission
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