My Green Earth Day Suggestion

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 07:52:59AM -0400, John Myshrall wrote:
> My suggestion for blowing out a PC. Rather than using those expenses and  
> wasteful pressurized cans of air. Buy a power inflater for inflatables.  
> I use one that plugs in. They cost about $25.00 (battery or 12  
> volt)-$40.00 (plug in). Using compressed air from a compressor is not a  
> good idea because the air usually contains moisture.
>
> I blow my machines out 2 x per year thus keeping them cooler and not  
> having hardware failures due to over heating.

Well I think I have cleaned my 486 maybe 4 or 5 times in its 15 year
life so far. :)

> Word of warning take the box outside or have a vacuum handy. Use  
> something to prevent the fans from spinning too much. It never ceases to  
> amaze me what I find inside power supplies, video cards, CPU coolers and  
> case fans.

Just don't use the vacuum near the computer.  Vacuums tend to create a
lot of static charge, and are hence bad news for electronics.

> Some might say the dust that you blow out is a pollutant but it will  
> eventually settle to the earth. 

I have lungs.  I use those to blow out dust from my machine.  Provides
nice control, and turns off very quickly if something comes loose.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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