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Compressed air?

  • 16-02-2019 09:53PM
    #1
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,000 ✭✭✭


    Where do people buy their cans of compressed air for dusting PCs etc please?


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  • #2
    my3cents
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,762 ✭✭✭my3cents


    Never do I just use a blow gun on a compressor. The local computer shop does the same. In case you do that its worth dialing down the pressure a bit so you don't do any damage. I also hold onto the fans when I blow them clean, I don't like wizzing them around really fast, from experience they sometimes fail shortly after.

    All the office supply companies do cans of compress air (eg Viking Direct) but Dealz sometimes has them https://www.dealz.ie/air-duster .


  • #3
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,000 ✭✭✭long_b


    my3cents wrote: »
    Never do I just use a blow gun on a compressor. The local computer shop does the same. In case you do that its worth dialing down the pressure a bit so you don't do any damage. I also hold onto the fans when I blow them clean, I don't like wizzing them around really fast, from experience they sometimes fail shortly after.

    All the office supply companies do cans of compress air (eg Viking Direct) but Dealz sometimes has them https://www.dealz.ie/air-duster .

    Dealz it will be so, that you!

    I'm hoping to fix a drifting joystick on a Nintendo Switch as it happens.

    Apart from the environmental impact, any difference I should be aware of when it comes to compressed gas vs compressed air?


  • #4
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,094 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    long_b wrote: »
    I'm hoping to fix a drifting joystick on a Nintendo Switch as it happens.

    Isopropyl alcohol or switch cleaner may be more appropriate for that.


  • #5
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,461 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    long_b wrote: »
    ..........any difference I should be aware of when it comes to compressed gas vs compressed air?
    Don't smoke :D
    history of boards 2021




  • #6
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    long_b wrote: »
    Dealz it will be so, that you!

    I'm hoping to fix a drifting joystick on a Nintendo Switch as it happens.

    Apart from the environmental impact, any difference I should be aware of when it comes to compressed gas vs compressed air?

    Contact or switch cleaner then, comes in spray can with tube like wd40


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