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 <holtzm@cox.net> 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.

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