re monitors should they be kept on hours a day i have some questions about this subject i like to leave my computer on if i think i m going to be using it withing the next or hours but i get sick of my dad constantly coming up to me and asking why is the computer on if you re not using it i also wonder about my computer being harmed by fluctuations in voltage from other things garbage disposal etc here are my questions how much harm do voltage fluctuations cause my computer does not share a circuit with anything big but our my light dims when a refrigerator comes on or the garbage disposal is turned on whose doesn t and also when the washing machine does anything all these things cause a drop in voltage which is harmful to a computer right i also notice the fan in my system saver turning at different speeds is it safer to turn it off and back on when i want to use it or to leave it on how much electricity does my computer use i have an apple iigs ne flames with a kensington system saver gs electric fan inside an applecolor rgb monitor and an external hd fan and its own p s how do i translate this into kilowatt hours also how much of this is used by the monitor does the monitor use considerably less juice when the screen is totally black but still on many computers spin the hd up and down constantly to save power i always thought this was harmful to the hd and defeats the purpose of leaving the computer on in the first place except portables is this true thanks for the info i think this will help lots of people stacy
