Sorry, I had to edit the subject but I kinda need an answer, Im afraid I might damage my new astro...
Can I leave the internal on/off switch inside my astro ON an then use the wall plug switch to turn on/off the cabinet? Could this damage it? When I use the plug switch to turn it off it makes a slightly different noise than when I use the internal switch. It kinda scares me.
John James Pacinelli wrote:Can I leave the internal on/off switch inside my astro ON an then use the wall plug switch to turn on/off the cabinet? Could this damage it? When I use the plug switch to turn it off it makes a slightly different noise than when I use the internal switch. It kinda scares me.
How the hell do you think operators switch them on/off? Open up each cab individually and flick the switch? I think not.
cools wrote: How the hell do you think operators switch them on/off? Open up each cab individually and flick the switch? I think not.
And maybe by doing so they slightly damage them.
I am sorry, maybe my rather low level of English doesn't allow me to pint point the problem as I wish: the question is not "how do you guys switch your cabs off?". The question is "is there any remote chance you could somehow damage your cab by leaving the internal switch on and using the wall plug instead". I know it might sound of no importance but that's.... important to me actually. Any electrician here?
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I sometimes do even worse than that and fire up the gamesroom rather than individual machines.
I'd be interested to know if any risk is involved rather than using their own switches, a more technical view. But like Cools says they have had an entire life of this so far.
In fact on some machines it would involve removing them from position, pulling them out. To access the switch. Or having them a half foot away from a wall and reaching back.
Yeah, I mean... joking apart maybe I'm a bit of a control freak but I just want to do things the best way possible. In fact this weekend I used the internal switch... the sounds it makes when I switch it off via wall plug is just too awkward. It really spooks me out.
Wizkid (or Wizball, I forget which) on the Amiga used to make such nasty noises emit from my A600's floppy drive that I had to leave the room while it was loading.
As yosai said, chances are it's not debounced. And to quote wikipedia:
This effect is usually unnoticeable in AC mains circuits, where the bounce happens too quickly to affect most equipment
but I kinda need an answer, Im afraid I might damage my new astro...
