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| Thread ID: 114693 | 2010-12-13 19:26:00 | Easy cheap way to remove dust from PC | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 1161391 | 2010-12-13 19:26:00 | Hand pumps that are used to blow up balloons can be used to blow dust out of a computer. [See photo here (www.imagef1.net.nz).] Instead of spending $20 on a can of air, or dragging the vacuum out (if it has a blow function), go to your local $2 shop (or The Warehouse, etc) and get a balloon pump. The nozzle directs a strong stream of air - best to do it outside unless you don't mind a cloud of dust indoors! As PF1ers have pointed out previously, using a brush or brush attachment on a vacuum could add static electricity - which is not nice to pc components. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1161392 | 2010-12-13 19:39:00 | Good idea Thanks Strommer | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1161393 | 2010-12-13 19:56:00 | What a brilliant idea! I've never thought of that before! Will have to go try it out :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1161394 | 2010-12-13 20:46:00 | Many thanks Stommer for a great idea, and so simple. Cheers. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1161395 | 2010-12-13 20:55:00 | I've always left the computer plugged in to keep it grounded then dusted it with a soft 25mm paintbrush while using a vacuum cleaner to suck up the dust. The vacuum nozzle doesn't need to get very close to the area being dusted, it creates enough airflow to extract all airborne particles. Touching the grounded computer chassis while cleaning (unavoidable) tends to keep me and the cleaner at chassis potential. I've got a good professional static meter, two in fact, so maybe I'll try some measurements next time I clean. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1161396 | 2010-12-13 21:00:00 | Many thanks Stommer for a great idea, and so simple. Cheers. Glad you guys like this idea... it only took me several years to think of it :lol: Really - it just pi**ed me off that a can of air costs $20 and I kept wondering what an alternative could be. Our vacuum cleaner does not have a blow function and I tried a bicycle pump, a sports ball pump and an air bed pump, but they did not produce enough volume of air or were too cumbersome to use. The balloon pump works perfectly. Look for one with the largest diameter (and therefore the largest volume of pumped air). The one I have even came with a second smaller diameter nozzle but the standard nozzle worked the best. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 1161397 | 2010-12-13 21:19:00 | Or if you know someone with heaps of scuba diving parts (Grandfather) who can make a unit that drops the pressure of a dive tank down to a safe amount, and gets free dive tank re-fills | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1161398 | 2010-12-13 21:31:00 | I actually have an Air Compressor at home, so just use that! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1161399 | 2010-12-13 21:33:00 | Haha how is that cheap? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1161400 | 2010-12-13 21:52:00 | Haha how is that cheap? The old man gave it to me! |
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