Time Capsule - cooling, place - few questions to other users

Hi!
I just purchased 2TB Time Capsule (the newest model), and wondering how to take care of it (and make it's life longer, and more comfortable ) - it stands on wooden shelf with about 5 cm of free space on each side, and about 8.5 cm of free space above it. Is it enough?
It's plugged into something like this:
I didn't connect it to the Internet - I use it only as a Time Machine.
Do you think I should buy additional cooling pad, and put it under the TC?
Do you turn off your TC during night, or while you leave your home/office?
Just asking because I've heard that there are some problems with cooling, and many machines died after one, and half year, because of heat.
Thanks!

Put some feet under the TC.. a couple of pencils perhaps..
Then just keep your eye on the temperature.. or hand.. or even better a thermometer.. during heavy disk usage it will get pretty hot.. put your hand on it and feel how hot it gets.. it should not be more than very warm.. how to define that is difficult. but i guess it is more important, that it cools off again after the disk spins down.. and over time it does not get hotter. They have a tendency as they age to become less efficient and run hotter which is what I would track..
BTW open space is better than a shelf which sounds pretty enclosed. Active cooling is always a lot better than passive.. if it gets hot, get a netbook cooler and put it on that with spacers.

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