re monitors should they be kept on hours a day in article cassidy elan rowan edu kyle cassidy cassidy elan rowan edu writes this is a bad idea my machine is on hours a day but it s actually doing things hours a day i use it as an all purpose alarm clock scheduler i ve got routines that run in the middle of the night phone calls it makes during the day when i m out if your machine is on hours a day then you can count on it to be working hours a day i could call it from work and download a file that i might need i could call it from work and have it turn the lights on if i m going to be late oops more wasted electricity but conversely i could have it turn the lights off heck i suppose i could even connect the microwave and have dinner ready when i get there oh well nevermind i m just babbling all of those things that you ve mention can still be accomplished when the machine is power down when the previous poster said power down it doesn t mean turning off the machine it just means that the machine is in an energy conserving mode that sucks up least electricity
