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not necessarily related to the recording aspect of it, but i do know from physics that it has to do with the resistance...when the component in question (i.e. a lightbulb) is off and cold then the resistance is very high (it has to do with the fact that there's no current while it's off...and current is voltage over resistance which, mathematically speaking, would make resistance infinite...) so the instant it's being switched on is the moment of greatest resistance so that's when it has the biggest chance of breaking...(why lightbulbs generally go out when you flip the switch and not just in the middle of normal running) so, that's the advantage to leaving something on that you're using most of the time anyway...

robert thefamilyghost wrote:not necessarily related to the recording aspect of it, but i do know from physics that it has to do with the resistance...when the component in question (i.e. a lightbulb) is off and cold then the resistance is very high (it has to do with the fact that there's no current while it's off...and current is voltage over resistance which, mathematically speaking, would make resistance infinite...) so the instant it's being switched on is the moment of greatest resistance so that's when it has the biggest chance of breaking...(why lightbulbs generally go out when you flip the switch and not just in the middle of normal running) so, that's the advantage to leaving something on that you're using most of the time anyway...

i hate to be 'that guy', but a very high resistance would mean very little current. current IS voltage over resistance, but as the resistance increases, the current decreases (provided the voltage is the same)

plus, cold metals usually have lower resistances than when they're warm. so, you'd be drawing less current (power) when it's warmed up than when it's cold.. and it's usually the instantaneous surge of current that is most damaging. for light bulbs, it's the sudden change in current (and since they make light by heating up, the sudden change in temperature). nothing likes to change state very much, especially not drastic temp changes.

tangent wrote:i hate to be 'that guy', but a very high resistance would mean very little current. current IS voltage over resistance, but as the resistance increases, the current decreases (provided the voltage is the same)

uh yeah...you just said more resistance implies less current...I=V/R is an equation, that's the same thing as what i said: less current implies more resistance...

It, as I understand it, has to do with capacitors.
when you switch on the power the circuit gets a power peak i.e. more power that it needs to preform.
when left on for any amount of time, the circuit gets to regulate it's power flow. being shut on and off a lot puts unneeded wear and tear on the circuitry. TUBE GEAR ESPECIALLY!!!
Tubes wear out because of voltage peaks more than general use
The light bulb thing is well applied here.

If you can afford it... leave it all on all the time.

If not, you should chose the things you want to live the longest.

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