basically say if you botted a few hours every night on a main and u stopped how long would you say untill your in the clear and dont have to worry about a ban or never once uve botted even if youve stopped theres always a risk of been banned?

You never have to not worry about a ban.. They will always normally catch you if you keep it up. However I have been botting for a few hours a day up to 8 hours tops on one of my alt-mains, I have been doing this for about a month now, still not banned.

After having a few accounts banned myself, i've found that I usually get banned right away. Everytime i've came back after botting and logged off, next time i tried to log in even to hop worlds, i'd be banned.

got banned too

No one knows when you are safe again

However I don't think they will wait over a month to ban you

Got banned for woodcutting. Normally it's the next time you login where you will get the message "Your account has been disabled." 

You never have to not worry about a ban.. They will always normally catch you if you keep it up. However I have been botting for a few hours a day up to 8 hours tops on one of my alt-mains, I have been doing this for about a month now, still not banned.

are you using mirrormode or standard client? and what scripts do you use?