I can't live out here. I can't have someone out here 24 hours a day. How do I stop this?

That means spilling water over the dams from spring until fall, 24 hours a day, as opposed to using turbines.

This went on 24 hours a day.

There are 24 hours in a day, and you can use all of them.

The rig is operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week, until we get down to our total depth.

It's better and easier on the transmitter to be on the air 24 hours a day rather than shutting it down at sign off time and then turning the thing on again in the morning at 6 am, its much easier this way.