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Power Suppplies On or Off?


Little_b

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In the past I have used Dumb RGB strips and have left the Power Supplies running all the time since only the controller had the power when not in use.  Now that I have mostly Pixels I wonder if there are any issues leaving it on all the time with power running through all the strips/nodes.  What are your thoughts?

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Same here.  The Christmas stuff gets powered up in early November and stays powered until it gets taken down in January.  The year round landscape lighting stays powered 24 x 7 x 365.

 

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I'm another that leaves them on through the show season.  Only issue I have found is with the cheaper power supplies that run the fan constantly, the bearings in the fan begin to make a little noise.  $10 bucks off ebay for a lot of 10- 2 pin fans made that an easy fix.

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I have 3 HC weather resistant 12V supplies mounted OUTSIDE  (on back) the CG1500. I leve them plugged in. The fans don't run with lights in standby (no show running).

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I don't unplug any of my gear once the show is setup. Unless we are getting really bad rain or something along those lines.

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