Are Large Consoles Left On All The Time?

[arrowood101]

Yes pretty much.

[Greg Curtis]

Yes. The risk comes when powering these things up. Our 96 channel Neve has 3 PSUs, bargraph PSU, a couple of Flying Faders PSUs... Powering up could blow any number of circuits on cards that are now unibtainium.

And something usually goes a little funky with the FF soft switches that has to be cleared. Not worth the risk and avoided at all costs.

Q: When do light bulbs blow?

http://www.centennialbulb.org/


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[Steve G]

All our consoles stay on all the time. If we shut down for the week between Christmas and New Years, as we do some years, we shut them down.

Steve G

[Schimpf]

We leave ours on, but most everything else off. Unless someone slams into a power pole nearby..then it's off (just happened).

John
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[delcosmos]

Lately both SSL's are "on" all the time, we even got powerful No breaks just in case we get a blackout.

Why?

Because bulbs rarely go down this way, and the console works perfectly this way for longer periods.

Its impressive how reliable can be a well mainained 4000, really.

We used to turn off both consoles every day without a problem, but after some recommendations of people I trust, my baby's are "on" all the time.

Best regards.

Delcosmos.

[oceantracks]

Thanks everyone.

Despite the warnings of others, it has worked well for me on a little tiny scale too. My Mac Pro, all drives, pres, interfaces, etc.....on24/7 with no problems, for years.

I believe in the light bulb theory too...

TH

[SoundGuyLance]

At my last place we had an SSL 4000 G+ that we shut down every night, and restarted each day with no problems.

On the contrary, at my current place we have a 9000J and a 9000K that we leave on every day. We shut them down when Sandy came through as a precaution, and had some problems when we booted them back up...

[Clueless]

We turn our API Vision off when not using it, as API recommends. It saves power, and the console doesn't seem to mind one bit. That saves us real $$ in both console power usage and AC cost.

[Musiclab]

I shut down my 80 input Concept One everyday, in the 2+ years I've had it not one issue.