Leaving pedals turned on... bad?

[Taylorplayer]

Originally Posted by J.R. Rogers

Personally, I'd turn them off. LED's and components have a lifespan. These little Belkin on/off switches are really handy. I have them on some of my pedals that require their own power supply.



http://www.amazon.com/Pack-Belkin-Co...0B6BDVP6E54E8T

Those look pretty cool to me... good idea - thanks for sharing it!

[wcap]

There's also the matter of wasting electricity (maybe not a big cost to you, though globally all this sort of unnecessary small electrical use ads up to a LOT of extra electricity used).

(I realize though that your concern was more about damage to the equipment, e.g. if things get left on accidentally - I have wondered this same thing about some of my equipment, hard drives, computers, etc).