Sky bb plug in 24/7 or not ??

Beer Assistant

Plug it out at night or leave it on 24/7 ??

I plug mine out at night,

Had a problem with mine the other day and i rang sky, the Sky rep asked me

"do i leave it plugged in at night or plug it out"

i said "i plug it out"

the rep said i should leave it plugged in 24/7 so the signal doesn't drop,

surely this is a fire hazard and bad advice to be giving out to people,

even the Sky hub has a sticker on it saying

"for best performance start me up and leave me on all the time"

your thoughts please..

dave1982

Mine is on 24/7, I think routers are designed for constant use like a fridge

hallo dare

Don't know how true or not it is, but i've seen where you're supposed to leave your router on the whole time cos if you're turning it on and off the whole time it is supposed to have the router question the signal.

Kristopherus

Gretts_40oz wrote: »

Plug it out at night or leave it on 24/7 ??

I plug mine out at night,

Had a problem with mine the other day and i rang sky, the Sky rep asked me

"do i leave it plugged in at night or plug it out"

i said "i plug it out"

the rep said i should leave it plugged in 24/7 so the signal doesn't drop,

surely this is a fire hazard and bad advice to be giving out to people,

even the Sky hub has a sticker on it saying

"for best performance start me up and leave me on all the time"

your thoughts please..

Does your box get hot if left on all the time?

roast

Kristopherus wrote: »

Does your box get hot if left on all the time?

Only if you touch it the right way.


Seriously though.... Routers/switches/modems etc. Are all appliances that are designed to be left switched on. There's just as much of a fire hazard from those as there would be from a tv that's constantly on standby, or a fridge that's plugged in.
Yes, they can get hot from time to time, but if this is a concern for you, read the environmental safety warnings in the manual and use common sense when positioning it. (i.e., dont leave it in the sunlight perched atop a can of petrol.)

Mr. G

roast wrote: »

Only if you touch it the right way.


Seriously though.... Routers/switches/modems etc. Are all appliances that are designed to be left switched on. There's just as much of a fire hazard from those as there would be from a tv that's constantly on standby, or a fridge that's plugged in.
Yes, they can get hot from time to time, but if this is a concern for you, read the environmental safety warnings in the manual and use common sense when positioning it. (i.e., dont leave it in the sunlight perched atop a can of petrol.)

I agree with this. I leave my router/switch/modem on all the time.

I used to have an old netopia eircom modem which got warm frequently, though the tp-link stuff I have now doesn't got warm at all.

I wouldn't think switching it off each night would make a difference, though it may take a few minutes to connect to the internet in the morning.

MrBobbyZ

I leave it on always.
It definately warms up like most appliances but it does not seem to get as hot as other rouiters i've had.

AlanS181824

The Sky hub is seriously energy efficient, uses such little electricity and barely gets hog. Mine is on 24/7 unless the speed drops then I restart it

Beer Assistant

Ok i'll leave it on 24/7 see how it goes,

thanks all.

dazdrog

its called always on broadband for a reason

King Krib

Think of your internet as a bucket of water. When your connection is running at full tilt your broadband is on top of the bucket if you turn if off and back on it starts at the bottom and must work its way back to the top to return to it's past strength.

Nonoperational

Ya leave it on. There are hundreds of thousands of routers on 24/7 all over Ireland. They're designed for it.