My Green Earth Day Suggestion

[Rajinder Yadav]

Anyone know what is the ideal air pressure to use if you go with a air compressor vs a air-in-a-can?

Also where could I find a relatively cheap (hobby) compressor that also can be used as a vacuum?

With my old PC I used qtips to get under the fan between the heat-sink. It was disgusting what came out of there!

Dust also tends to cling to surface due to moisture, so you may need to use qtips, compressed air, and vacuum to do a good job.

Kind Regards,
Rajinder

--- On Wed, 4/22/09, John Myshrall <jmyshrall-6duGhz7i8susTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> From: John Myshrall <jmyshrall at golden.net>
> Subject: [TLUG]: My Green Earth Day Suggestion
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Received: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 7:52 AM
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Some might say the dust that you blow out is a pollutant
> but it will eventually settle to the earth. 
> Happy Earth Day
> 
> John
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