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Re: [LUG] Air compressor
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- Subject: Re: [LUG] Air compressor
- From: fraser kendall <lfs.mailing@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 13:35:18 +0000
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On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 12:00:20 +0000
John PNZ <jh.pcgb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
I usually open the case of my towers and hold the fan blades with a
finger, but I have used a vacuum cleaner (Henry) and hose for years
like this for fans, heat sinks, usb ports etc. (and anywhere else there
is a hole). I have also hoovered a Toshiba Satellite (since Vista!) from
both in and out grills and it's still going strong (like a tractor); I
don't know how these modern pussies would cope, but I'm fairly
confident to do this on a couple of Dell (~2015) and an Acer
(~2012) laptops, although I'll sometimes use my drive-opening paper clip
to jam the fan if I can reach the fan through the grill.
But I'm always a bit nervous and I usually wait until cpu is running so
hot, I have little choice. YMMV.
fraser
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