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Default Timely reminder - Fan Heaters, check for hot running and clean.

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:09:41 +0000, geoff wrote:

In message . com, Jules
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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:16:11 +0000, Dave Osborne wrote:
No disrespect to Harry, but generally speaking, you should not clean a
computer with a domestic airline, as the airline will most likely
contain water vapour and may contain oil and grit - none of which are
good for the innards of a computer.


Potentially. Ditto with vacuums which (depending on setup) might have
static issues; if using a vacuum then someone else's comment about using
a brush to brush dirt toward the nozzle is a good one.


Following on from thoughts in another thread

Who has been meaning to, but hasn't got round to ...

backing up the important data on their computer ?


Do it every day...



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