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I always worry whether air-blowing a laptop fan might not spin it so fast that it generates enough voltage to damage the circuit board, even if it only spins for a couple of seconds. Would someone like to reassure me? I'm talking vacuum cleaner suction here. On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 10:21, Tom via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 31/12/2020 09:40, Mark Andrew Smith via list wrote: > > On 30/12/2020 18:19, Michael Everitt wrote: > >> On 30/12/2020 18:12, Tom via list wrote: > >>> I believe some time ago I asked if anyone knew where I could get > >>> some reasonably prices compressed air cans for blasting colling fans > >>> etc. Turned out you cant (well not what I'd call a reasonable price) > >>> but this article points to something for £52 (or about 10 small air > >>> cans) so I thought I'd share the article! > >>> > >>> Tom te tom te tom > >>> > >>> > >> Did you mean to link something there, Tom?! > >> > >> Also, a friend of mine recommended an electric air-blaster device, to > >> replace the constant stream of air-canisters which one may 'get > >> through' in the "normal" run of an electronics tinkerer! I can't say > >> what it was, either, but it was, of the order of £70 I believe ... > >> > >> Alas, I don't have access, even, to a free, plentiful source of > >> compressed air that I used to use for a variety of cleaning tasks .. > >> attached to some CNC machinery as its primary consumer! :D > >> > >> veremitz/Michael. > >> > > > > Or, just clean the things by hand - it's quite cathartic... > > https://smallbusiness.chron.com/clean-laptop-fan-compressed-air-45864.html > > > > There always seem to be some bits in fans you cant get to! > > Tom te tom te tom > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq