Leaving Computer on
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Do you always leave your computer / mining rigs on even when your not in the house?
do you worry about some freak electrical accident and your house goes up? or am i just paranoid to leave my machine / mining rig running while im not home.
What if you go on vacation or are away from extended periods of time?
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@Stillicide I leave my computer on during the day when I go to school then power it off for about 3-4 hours when I get home then turn it back on and run again all night thru the following day, never had any issues. If I am going on vacation I turn it off
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@Stillicide Miners running 24 * 365 - never shut them down.
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Their are multiple safety's built into computers they can sense when an electrical current is gone a miss and they shutdown for you before any damage is done. This can be proved by plugging in your GPU or Wifi card in backwards
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Keeping animals and children from having access could be considered.
Having a PSU is always helpful in protecting from electrical spikes from storms
if you are not around to shut it off but get a good one.
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@MikeMike 24h / 365 working...
Mining burstcoin every day,.... :D building future reward
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You can set your motherboard to shut down and start up at your preferred time. And start your miner when your computer goes on if you go on a long vacation. :)
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I've been mining various cryptos for years now, sometimes with much sketchier equipment than hard drives (i.e. GPUs, ASICs), and these are my rules of thumb:
- If a mining setup runs for 12 hours with no issues, while I'm around to check on it, it's good for 24/7 mining.
- Anything that passes that last rule can be left on 24/7 and while I'm not home.
- Mining equipment has to be located in areas that pets can't get to without supervision. (I don't have kids, but I imagine the same rule would apply.)
- I shut the mining equipment down if I'm going on vacation or won't be home overnight for some reason.
Never say never, but I've haven't had a disaster yet while following those rules.



