Moog Music Forum

Posted: **Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:40 pm**

hi all,

this may appear a silly question but can the lp become damaged if its left on for a long duration? the reason i ask is that i was using its earlier today and something came up that i had to suddenly leave, resulting in that i left the LP switched on accidentally for about 9 hours.

i'm 99% that leaving it switched on wouldn't damage it, as it was producing a sweet tone when i pressed the keys!

Thanks

Andrew

p.s. as you may have noticed from my previous posts, i'm a over protective lp fan!

Posted: **Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:59 pm**

This has been asked before. The answer is, no damage will come to the LP if left on for an extended period. But expect a slightly higher electric bill.

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:57 pm**

I think I've had mine on for several months now....

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:59 pm**

I thought you left a vinyl copy of "Switched on Bach" playing for hours...

Posted: **Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:33 am**

hieronymous wrote:I thought you left a vinyl copy of "Switched on Bach" playing for hours...

Epic Win! That's funny!

Posted: **Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:35 pm**

Uh wait ..there is an on/off switch?

Posted: **Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:33 pm**

Voltor07 wrote:This has been asked before. The answer is, no damage will come to the LP if left on for an extended period. But expect a slightly higher electric bill.

thanks for the info...Is the oppisite true? I mean, not like this happens but, if you turn the LP on and off in a short period of time, is that bad. Not the same, but my tube guitar amp needs a minute to warm up, is anything going on like that in my LP?

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:41 pm**

gtivr6fan wrote:
Voltor07 wrote:This has been asked before. The answer is, no damage will come to the LP if left on for an extended period. But expect a slightly higher electric bill.
thanks for the info...Is the oppisite true? I mean, not like this happens but, if you turn the LP on and off in a short period of time, is that bad. Not the same, but my tube guitar amp needs a minute to warm up, is anything going on like that in my LP?

The LP takes roughly 20-45 minutes to warm up. Turning it off after five minutes shouldn't cause harm I wouldn't think. Anyone else care to chime i on this?

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:19 pm**

Voltor07 wrote: The LP takes roughly 20-45 minutes to warm up. Turning it off after five minutes shouldn't cause harm I wouldn't think. Anyone else care to chime i on this?

Thanks for the info, I know it takes a while before warm up, to be honest not sure i've played it for less than two hours at a time, but this post got me thinking