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> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:48:06 +0000 > From: tony@vanderhoff.org > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: OT: Air compressors vs. canned air > > On 14/02/10 10:53, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > * Chris Jones<cjns1989@gmail.com> [100214 02:35]: > >> Has anyone with real world experience in the area of computer cleaning > >> tried such solutions as the MetroVac duster line and might be able to > >> comment on the respective merits of air compressors vs. air cans..? > > > > The telephone company uses dry nitrogen to purge telephone cables > > (sealed conduits which contain hundreds of twisted pairs). > > > > In all the years (now in excess of 40!) I have worked with computers, > and electronic equipment in general, I have never felt the need to blow > away anything. > > An annual gentle suck around the fans, and any area which has > accumulated dust, using a domestic vacuum cleaner with a plastic nozzle > has always been adequate, as well as cheap and safe. This is true assuming one's case was designed and built for proper air flow. A computer case with many fans sucking air in, with pushing air out will accumulate dust on the computer components quicker. Believe it or not dust will also tend to collect quicker on the components when the is reverse pressure like a vacuum, such as when many fans push air out of the case rapidly. Additionally, the use of a household vacuum (with plastic nozzle) has been useful and safe for my computers too. -M > > -- > Tony van der Hoff | mailto:tony@vanderhoff.org > Buckinghamshire, England | > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 4B77E2F6.2020706@vanderhoff.org > Not using Hotmail on your phone? Why not? Get it now. |