Air in a can?

Pitbull

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Hi Guys,

I want to keep my new rig as clean and dust free as humanly possible. Was thinking of blowing it out once a week as maintenance. I have a compressor at home but that thing will blow the crap out of my rig I assume.

I have read about air in a can. Where can I get this and is it water free? The compressor of mine normally has a little bit of water in the air when I used it so a little scared :o
 
Turn on your compressor and blast air at a piece of A4 paper for 5 minutes, see if gets damp or dirty , will give you an idea if any thing other than air comes out of it.
 
noswal said:
Turn on your compressor and blast air at a piece of A4 paper for 5 minutes, see if gets damp or dirty , will give you an idea if any thing other than air comes out of it.
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I know for a fact it has water coming out. When decompressing it, water normally runs out the compressor.

Thanks Textile. Any idea how many times one can use the can for a quick blast? I want to buy a few just to be safe. Blasting it weekly I suppose would require less air at a time. Than doing it once a year :o


OMG!!! a leaf blower. Now that is a brilliant idea.
I'll go get one over the weekend. Epic ty Textile.
 
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Pitbull said:
Hi Guys,

I want to keep my new rig as clean and dust free as humanly possible. Was thinking of blowing it out once a week as maintenance. I have a compressor at home but that thing will blow the crap out of my rig I assume.

I have read about air in a can. Where can I get this and is it water free? The compressor of mine normally has a little bit of water in the air when I used it so a little scared :o
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The water is condensation from humidity in the air.... on the bottle they recommend you spray in short bursts, that way you don't risk moisture build up.

I use it all the time, it works really well but it gets a bit expensive.... R100 a pop and that wont last long if you use it a lot.
 
Nerfherder said:
The water is condensation from humidity in the air.... on the bottle they recommend you spray in short bursts, that way you don't risk moisture build up.

I use it all the time, it works really well but it gets a bit expensive.... R100 a pop and that wont last long if you use it a lot.
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I see someone said a leaf blower is perfect on that link from Textile. a small one is under a grand anyway. Will definitely go buy one of them. Not too powerful and they should work awesomely.
 
Pitbull said:
I see someone said a leaf blower is perfect on that link from Textile. a small one is under a grand anyway. Will definitely go buy one of them. Not too powerful and they should work awesomely.
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Hey bud, Checkers Hipers have those small air pump for blowing up air mattresses, i think i paid like R120 for it. Works like a dream only downside is that is has to be pluged into the car. But the cable is super long so its not an issues. Will upload a pic for you this afternoon if you want.

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DanH said:
Make sure you keep the fans stationary when blowing out the case.
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Thanks for the tip. Will surely do that. Any tips on how? The GPU alone has 3 fans :eek:

Little bit of selotape? to hold them in place?

Jakkels1991 said:
Hey bud, Checkers Hipers have those small air pump for blowing up air mattresses, i think i paid like R120 for it. Works like a dream only downside is that is has to be pluged into the car. But the cable is super long so its not an issues. Will upload a pic for you this afternoon if you want.
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Another brilliant idea. I don't mind carrying the case to the car. Just don't want it to be contaminated with water :)
I'll go have a look over the weekend.
 
I just use my wife's hairdryer. Just set it to the coldest setting and fire it off in short bursts.
 
I have a air blower that works ok
Looks something like this:
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At home I just keep my air compressor empty when not in use and the air chamber's sump valve open.
When I need it I just close the sump valve and turn it on. Zero water that way.

I also set it to around 3 to 5 bar to blow out computers and electronics/sensitive stuff.
Just keep the fans from moving and no damage will come to the machine.

I find that air blowers and air in a can do not give you enough focus or enough pressure respectively.

At work my air goes through a drier.
 
AstroTurf said:
I have a air blower that works ok
Looks something like this:
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At home I just keep my air compressor empty when not in use and the air chamber's sump valve open.
When I need it I just close the sump valve and turn it on. Zero water that way.

I also set it to around 3 to 5 bar to blow out computers and electronics/sensitive stuff.
Just keep the fans from moving and no damage will come to the machine.

I find that air blowers and air in a can do not give you enough focus or enough pressure respectively.

At work my air goes through a drier.
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We use those at work for blowing out pc's, works a charm.
 
Rocket-Boy said:
We use those at work for blowing out pc's, works a charm.
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Yea for light dust they are handy but our factory/cnc computers need quite a bit more pressure and sometimes even liquids (contact cleaner spray) to clean.
 
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