[TriLUG] Linksys long in the tooth?

[Randy Barlow]

jbrigman at nc.rr.com wrote:
> Lesson to the rest of us - try to avoid equipment that uses 5v rather than 12v, it appears the lower voltage, higher current contributes to early failure - I've got at least four instances of this just in my own experience. 

I don't think this is really true.  You assume here that two devices use
equal amount of power.  A 12 V device could very well use the same
current as a 5 V device and more than double the power consumption.
Power consumption is what causes heat, which is one thing that can lead
to failure.

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Randy Barlow
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