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Old August 24th 19, 10:15 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Cleaner Advise
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Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside. Less
aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked away
and ruin my machine!!.
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  #2  
Old August 24th 19, 10:44 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Carlos E.R.[_3_]
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On 24/08/2019 23.15, Cleaner Advise wrote:
Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside.Â* Less
aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked away
and ruin my machine!!.


Googling, I saw this:
https://www.bestvacuumguide.org/best-computer-vacuum/

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Cheers, Carlos.
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Old August 25th 19, 12:19 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
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Cleaner Advise wrote:
Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside. Less
aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked away
and ruin my machine!!.


Damn.

I found one for $500 in local currency, and it
has a hepafilter on it. That means very little of
what is sucked up the hose, ends up blowing into
the room. The vacuum could be used for cleaning
up laser toner powder perhaps.

That means, while the product brags of having 1.7HP,
most of that is wasted sucking through the resistance
of the hepafilter.

https://www.amazon.ca/Metro-Vacuum-D.../dp/B000RMQJBK

The reviewers say it has a low and a high setting,
and when used on low, it doesn't get as hot. Sounds
like a champ.

*******

I have an adapter kit that fits Hoover vacuums, so
you're not buying another vacuum. But the hose is a tiny
diameter, and there just isn't dust removal power there.
In the picture here, I use the tool located at "7PM" in
the picture. I've never ever used any of the brush ones.
You don't clean a whole computer with this, by the way.
It would take a century to do that. You use this for
perhaps touching up some fan blades or the like. If there
was an obvious clog (cleaning the blower on your laptop),
that's the kind of small, self-contained mess this
would clean up. You won't be doing the hall carpet with
this. Tweezers would be faster.

https://www.amazon.ca/Schneider-Indu.../dp/B000BSJCLY

At least the first one above, has a slightly bigger
hose than the second kit.

The fastest way to clean a computer would be:

1) Outdoors.
2) A blower.

But that also generates ESD. And we can't have that.

Paul
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Old August 25th 19, 03:50 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Idaho Homo Joe
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Try putting your penis in the vacuum cleaner
while you jack your anus.
  #5  
Old August 25th 19, 04:13 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
NotMe
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On 8/24/2019 6:19 PM, Paul wrote:
Cleaner Advise wrote:
Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside.Â* Less
aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked
away and ruin my machine!!.


Damn.

I found one for $500 in local currency, and it
has a hepafilter on it. That means very little of
what is sucked up the hose, ends up blowing into
the room. The vacuum could be used for cleaning
up laser toner powder perhaps.

That means, while the product brags of having 1.7HP,
most of that is wasted sucking through the resistance
of the hepafilter.

https://www.amazon.ca/Metro-Vacuum-D.../dp/B000RMQJBK


The reviewers say it has a low and a high setting,
and when used on low, it doesn't get as hot. Sounds
like a champ.

*******

I have an adapter kit that fits Hoover vacuums, so
you're not buying another vacuum. But the hose is a tiny
diameter, and there just isn't dust removal power there.
In the picture here, I use the tool located at "7PM" in
the picture. I've never ever used any of the brush ones.
You don't clean a whole computer with this, by the way.
It would take a century to do that. You use this for
perhaps touching up some fan blades or the like. If there
was an obvious clog (cleaning the blower on your laptop),
that's the kind of small, self-contained mess this
would clean up. You won't be doing the hall carpet with
this. Tweezers would be faster.

https://www.amazon.ca/Schneider-Indu.../dp/B000BSJCLY


At least the first one above, has a slightly bigger
hose than the second kit.

The fastest way to clean a computer would be:

1) Outdoors.
2) A blower.

But that also generates ESD. And we can't have that.

Â*Â* Paul

What do you think of something like this? I've used a small blower on
computers donated for a charity with no problems.

https://www.amazon.com/EasyGo-CompuC.../dp/B0787KXTFW

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Old August 25th 19, 06:00 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
pjp[_11_]
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Default Vacuum Cleaner

In article , lid says...

Cleaner Advise wrote:
Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside. Less
aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked away
and ruin my machine!!.


Damn.

I found one for $500 in local currency, and it
has a hepafilter on it. That means very little of
what is sucked up the hose, ends up blowing into
the room. The vacuum could be used for cleaning
up laser toner powder perhaps.

That means, while the product brags of having 1.7HP,
most of that is wasted sucking through the resistance
of the hepafilter.

https://www.amazon.ca/Metro-Vacuum-D.../dp/B000RMQJBK

The reviewers say it has a low and a high setting,
and when used on low, it doesn't get as hot. Sounds
like a champ.

*******

I have an adapter kit that fits Hoover vacuums, so
you're not buying another vacuum. But the hose is a tiny
diameter, and there just isn't dust removal power there.
In the picture here, I use the tool located at "7PM" in
the picture. I've never ever used any of the brush ones.
You don't clean a whole computer with this, by the way.
It would take a century to do that. You use this for
perhaps touching up some fan blades or the like. If there
was an obvious clog (cleaning the blower on your laptop),
that's the kind of small, self-contained mess this
would clean up. You won't be doing the hall carpet with
this. Tweezers would be faster.

https://www.amazon.ca/Schneider-Indu.../dp/B000BSJCLY

At least the first one above, has a slightly bigger
hose than the second kit.

The fastest way to clean a computer would be:

1) Outdoors.
2) A blower.

But that also generates ESD. And we can't have that.


That's what I do. Outside and a portable air tank using small diameter
nozzle on hose. Works very well.
  #7  
Old August 25th 19, 07:20 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Jasen Betts
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On 2019-08-24, Cleaner Advise wrote:
Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside. Less
aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked away
and ruin my machine!!.


Stick a thinner hose on a regular vacuum cleaner: My electrolux came
with all sorts of accessories; or maybe take it outdoors and blow the dust
out with compressed air.


--
When I tried casting out nines I made a hash of it.
  #8  
Old August 25th 19, 01:14 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Mayayana
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"Cleaner Advise" wrote

| Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside. Less
| aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked away
| and ruin my machine!!.

I just use a regular vacuum with the "get-in-the-corners"
attachment. It's plastic, but I still avoid actual contact
to minimize static electricity risk. The high suction from that
small tip is an advantage. You can't easily vacuum up
circuit boards and cables, and having the high suction means
that I can clean parts without touching them. Don't waste
money on "high tech" vacuum cleaners. Those are just made
to exploit compulsive types -- the kind of people who cover
their computer with a plastic bag when the housecleaner
comes; not because the computer benefits but rather because
they anthropomorphize their computer and imagine it to be
as OCD as they are. (There are a lot of people writing code
who shouldn't be trusted to make their own coffee. The worst
part is that they assume, because they're geniuses at code,
they're also geniuses at everything else. So why can't they
find their own buttonholes? Must be that a state college
engineer designed the shirt.

I also use filters. Home Depot sells a furnace filter pad,
maybe 20x24. It comes with a black carbon filter pad and
a black plastic grid for support. Three layers. It's thin, with
low air resistance. I cut the pads to fit over the box's intake
holes, cut a plastic grid to match, then attach that with
small plastic ties. Occasionally I'll vacuum the outside of the
filters. The overall effect is that I get very little dust inside
in the first place.

It seems idiotic to me that computer cases don't come
with similar, replaceable filters. All they'd need to do would
be to add some little metal tracks inside. But then, of course,
every company would do it differently and the types of
filters would end up rivaling the types of printer ink. But
using a filter that can be easily cut to size works pretty
well. (You need something like wire snips to cut the
plastic grid.)


  #9  
Old August 25th 19, 01:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Paul[_32_]
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Mayayana wrote:


It seems idiotic to me that computer cases don't come
with similar, replaceable filters. All they'd need to do would
be to add some little metal tracks inside. But then, of course,
every company would do it differently and the types of
filters would end up rivaling the types of printer ink. But
using a filter that can be easily cut to size works pretty
well. (You need something like wire snips to cut the
plastic grid.)


There are computer cases with a filter screen in the
front of the computer. They're similar to the consistency
of electric dryer filters for airflow. It is meant to handle
the intake vent area on this case.

http://sophstertoaster.com/wordpress...er-300x238.jpg

You'd only have to clean it, oh, every three months.

That's one of the first things I removed and
put back in the computer case box when I got it :-/

Some people advocate using a nylon stocking material
as a filter. And that would plug up in a week. Think
of how much cleaning you'd have to do over the course
of a year.

Paul
  #10  
Old August 25th 19, 02:14 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Mayayana
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"Paul" wrote

|
| There are computer cases with a filter screen in the
| front of the computer. They're similar to the consistency
| of electric dryer filters for airflow. It is meant to handle
| the intake vent area on this case.
|
|
http://sophstertoaster.com/wordpress...er-300x238.jpg
|
| You'd only have to clean it, oh, every three months.
|
| That's one of the first things I removed and
| put back in the computer case box when I got it :-/
|

Really? You don't see the point of a filter? Furnace-type
filters are very low resistance and don't plug up for a long
time. But they provide enough filtering to stop things like
hair and human dander. I find that only very fine dust
gets through. And I can pretty much clean the filter just
by running the vacuum over the intake holes.


| Some people advocate using a nylon stocking material
| as a filter. And that would plug up in a week. Think
| of how much cleaning you'd have to do over the course
| of a year.
|

Maybe you should think about moving out of that
landfill.


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Old August 25th 19, 02:17 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Carlos E.R.[_3_]
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On 25/08/2019 01.19, Paul wrote:
Cleaner Advise wrote:
Looking for a vacuum cleaner to clean my machine from inside.Â* Less
aggressive solution please as I don't want the cables to be sucked
away and ruin my machine!!.


....


The fastest way to clean a computer would be:

1) Outdoors.
2) A blower.

But that also generates ESD. And we can't have that.


Leave the computer connected but powered down: this connects the ground
wire. And don't blow too much air.

I have a blower that I bought on Amazon, I use it on keyboards mostly.
My computer has an air filter-grid intake and does not get dust bunnies
inside, no need for cleaning.

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Cheers, Carlos.
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Old August 25th 19, 02:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Carlos E.R.[_3_]
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On 25/08/2019 14.14, Mayayana wrote:

It seems idiotic to me that computer cases don't come
with similar, replaceable filters. All they'd need to do would
be to add some little metal tracks inside. But then, of course,
every company would do it differently and the types of
filters would end up rivaling the types of printer ink. But
using a filter that can be easily cut to size works pretty
well. (You need something like wire snips to cut the
plastic grid.)


Some do have filters or grids. You just have to pay more.
Antec, for instance.


--
Cheers, Carlos.
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Old August 25th 19, 02:39 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Mayayana
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"Carlos E.R." wrote

|
| Some do have filters or grids. You just have to pay more.
| Antec, for instance.
|

Yes, so says Paul. I wasn't aware of that. I usually
pay $20 for a simple tin (or sheet steel?) case. I don't
need anything that looks like a Klingon dashboard
so I've never looked at the expensive boxes.


  #14  
Old August 25th 19, 03:08 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general,alt.os.linux
Carlos E.R.[_3_]
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On 25/08/2019 15.39, Mayayana wrote:
"Carlos E.R." wrote

|
| Some do have filters or grids. You just have to pay more.
| Antec, for instance.
|

Yes, so says Paul. I wasn't aware of that. I usually
pay $20 for a simple tin (or sheet steel?) case. I don't
need anything that looks like a Klingon dashboard
so I've never looked at the expensive boxes.


They have other advantages. Holes for more fans, several hard disk
trays, cushioned for reduced vibration (the vibration from one hard disk
head has been known to transmit to a nearby hard disk causing it more
read errors via positioning head errors because of the vibration at the
proper frequency). Double sheet sides, also to reduce sound transmission.

Filtered air intakes I have seen in ruggerized computer cases intended
for industrial environments. Imagine a machine shop, where the dust can
be metallic particles! Some of those boxes you can put on the floor and
jump over them, safely.


--
Cheers, Carlos.
  #15  
Old August 25th 19, 06:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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This works for me. Suction adjustable on mine.

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/EZ-SPARES-Att...93025095&psc=1

Also Home Depot

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Think-Cr...g clsrc=aw.ds

 




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