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Does constant phantom power (24/7) to a microphone wear it out faster?

I'm currently using a nicer microphone (Studio Project C1, a large diaphragm condenser mic) as my main microphone on my PC. It's running through an M-Audio FireWire Solo. I use it for gaming, ...
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Does it hurt to send phantom power to a mic with its own power supply?

And if not, why is there a switch on the preamp? Why not just send phantom power all the time?