[PLUG] Canned Air for Dust Removal

[Wil Cooley]

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 16:24 -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> It has been recommended that I blow the dust out of some noisy fans in my 
> computers, and that a suitable product is probably found at Radio Shack. Upon 
> purchasing same (Velocity Dust Remover Spray), I notice that it is 1,1,1,2- 
> Tetrafluorethane. Is this the sort of thing that you folks with relevant 
> experience use?

Home Depot has a $20 dual-action vacuum/blower called the TurboVac 800
that works great for this kind of thing.  You really just want to use
the blower on sensitive areas and the vacuum with the brush attachment
cleans the inside of cases, fan blades, etc.

http://tinyurl.com/8s8qm

For the fans, buy low-viscosity sewing machine oil, peel the sticker
back and put in a couple drops of oil.  The difficult part is not
putting in too much oil and getting it all over the surface where the
sticker should re-attach.  I try to make a point of blowing out and
oiling the fans anytime I have to take a box down for an extended
period.

http://www.dansdata.com/fanmaint.htm

Wil
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Wil Cooley                                 wcooley at nakedape.cc
Naked Ape Consulting                        http://nakedape.cc
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