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Effects of Power Outages Where You Live

More and more, power outages seem to be an issue for me and I believe for audiophiles in general. We have had two wind storms like never before in the last 5 months that wiped out the power in my area of Ohio. Major work by the electric company has to be done to restore the power when these storms occur. Power was lost at my home once for 7 days back in September because of an extreme wind storm. The one that just happened caused only about 24 hours with lost power. How long do you think it takes your audio system's performance to restore to normal after you have unplugged it and it sits for 24 hours? Additionally, when the electric company is rebuilding damaged equipment, adding new transformers etc. what affect do you think this has or has had to the power in your area? What affect(s) has this had on the performance of your audio system?
foster_9
foster_9 OP
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Chadnliz I'm in Columbus. I can easily see your point Tvad. A similar concept takes place when new words get added to the dictionary. A word is invented by some person and gets repeated over and over by many people. The common usage of that word eventually leads to it being added to the dictionary. And all because some person first used the word.
eee3
214 posts
 
For what its worth, I have a Audio Resaerch CD-3mkII which does not have an on/off switch. Obviously Audio Research sees some merit in leaving digital equipment powered up all the time.
tvad
9,467 posts
 
I don't believe there's any dispute here about the generally accepted concept of leaving digital equipment powered up 24/7.

The original post questions the amount of time a component is required to be powered up to sound optimal after it has been powered down for 24 hours.
cruz123
585 posts
 
On average, I'm away from home 12 hours a day while at work. When I leave in the morning and there's storms in the forecast, I unplug all my gear. I've honestly never noticed any detrimental impact of unplugging my gear, or even just turning it off while not in use for that matter. After an hour or so, it sounds great.
bjesien
614 posts
 
Audiophile: Sweetheart please unplug my cd player five times this month but don't tell me when. Plug it in again before I wake up or get home from work.

Wife: (Not even giving an odd look anymore) Sure, whatever you say.

Audiophile: (Comes home and puts in a cd.) Honey, I know you unplugged my cd player today.

Wife: (Cooking dinner wondering why husband is playing with his tonearm instead of cutting broccoli) Yeah, sure I did.

Audiophile: (A few weeks later recognized the tell-tale sign again.) Sweetie, I know you did it again, you unplugged my cd player. I'd say for 7 hours.

Wife: I have no idea, I plugged all that sh** into a hundred foot extension cord and ran it over to Jane's house. She plugged in to her sowing machine power strip. She said she'd take care of it for me.
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