Except that vacuuming with an appliance not MADE to be anti-static can be harmful to sensitive electronic components. On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:15:48PM -0700, Michael Havens wrote: > > Well, I just bought a hand compressed air thingb (so I do not have to > > constantly buy compressed air) and I turned off the tv computer, took the > > lid off, and squeezed .... my goodness, a cloud of dust erupted. I do not > > think it had been blown ever. Then I put it into the fan to blow the > > CPU.... everytime I squeezed more and more dust came out. Now I fear that > > because I was nice to it the computer will rebel and break. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > If you are interested it is a Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster Large > > < > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00017LSPI/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > > > bought > > from amazon for a total of around 14 dollars. > > From what I've read, vacuuming is generally recommended over compressed > air. With compressed air, dust and dirt can be forced deeper into the > works. > > -- > Bob Holtzman > Your mail is being read by tight lipped > NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor > Strangelove > Key ID 8D549279 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses from a forwarded message body before clicking Send.