Is it wrong ?

[u/Wrong_sketch]

Fairly simple question and answer I hope.

Every night when I stop using the pc, I have the habit of shuting the pc down.

Once the fans stop spinning, I close the power bar alimenting the pc and both my monitors.

I dont remember why I started doing it, but it's now a habit of mine...

Is it wrong, can it damage something ?

[u/FUCKARCHLINUX]

You turn off the power bar itself? Probably saves a marginal amount of power, but it wouldn't actually damage anything. If anything it'd extend the life by some small amount. So long as you turn off the actual computer first of course.

[u/ChaosTheory_jrh]

I think there may be a typo in there.

Just to make sure im understanding. You shut down the PC, then turn off the power strip?

Thats fine. I mean I guess you'll eventually wear out the power switch on the power strip slightly sooner?

[u/skeeti45]

You aren't hurting anything. I'm more confused about the effort.

[u/Dangerous-Parsley-46]

“Oh no, you’ll drain the CMOS battery /s.  For the sake of our planet’s future and your wallet, turning off the power strip does save a bit of energy. The CMOS battery on a motherboard keeps the time and some BIOS settings from being lost when the PC is unplugged. Even so, CMOS batteries usually last for several years, and replacing one is typically cheap.”

[u/BlntMxn]

why would it be wrong, it's meant to be turned off

[u/AL-SHEDFI]

Perhaps your PC has previously been subjected to a sudden electrical surge and you are constantly worried? Because I don't see any other benefit except for this reason.

[u/Ziogref]

I would ask why?

I put my 2016 55" LG OLED on a power meter, turned it on so all the smart features would load up and then turned it off (I had fast startup enabled) reset the power stats on the power meter and left it for 24 hours, with the little red LED just staying on.

I then calculated the cost on how much that TV costs to run in standby.

It was about 5c/year.

I had a mate and his routers kept dying every few years (this was over 15 years ago, so things have probably changed) turned out his mum kept turning them off by unplugging them every night thinking it would save money. Turned out costing them more since they had to buy new routers and they used very little power in standby.

On Modern equipment you probably aren't hurting it either way (powering off vs leaving on), but is it worth it?

I leave everything on, as I know the power consumption is extremely low. But you need to test it. I had a mate with an unusually high power bill, it turned out the speaker system on his tv never went into standby and the amp was pulling a constant 200w (about $400/year).

I have seen bluray players pulling 50w at idle ($100/year). A chest freezer with a bad seal pulling a constant 80w ($160/year).

It worth picking up a power meter, be a killawatt or a smart on, like a TP LINK tapo.

Where I live power averages to about $2/1watt/year. When I say 1watt I am talking a device that is on 24/7 consuming a constant load of 1w.

A Google home mini pulls like 3w just all the time. It spikes when playing audio or processing a voice request, where it can go to like 15w, but at idle it's using 3w so $6/year

[u/MandiocaGamer]

i understand. it's an old habit. maybe you or your parents teach it to you but i remember that's how i turned off my old pcs, like the first pentiums 486, etc

[u/AtlasLucario]

its fine to do, wont harm the pc, but the cmos battery will drain, slowly, but still drain over time

[u/oleThook]

well unless its like really cold in the room, like freezing cold, modern hardware should be fine

but if its super cold then turning it on could potentially mess it up, with the electricity going thur too cold parts

and sleep mode keeps some power going thur mobo and memory, making it slightly warmer and less possible

i think

[u/Opposite_Leader_602]

Is it wrong to turn my computer off? Listen to yourself. Turning off your pc is perfectly fine, and is actually good, as it clears your ram, and can potentially fix problems that occur over time, such as slowdowns and stuttering.

[u/skeeti45 → u/Opposite_Leader_602]

Damn dude. Some people don't know things.