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Old 01-08-2016, 11:20 AM   #14
Hack&Lube
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Originally Posted by Aegypticus View Post
One tip for everyone is to use care when using compressed air or a blower on computer or computer-style fans. You want to hold then from spinning when blowing air on the fins. Reason being is the air can actually potentially spin them much faster than they'd run during normal operation and damage the bearings.
Yeah I stick a pencil or chopstick in fans before I blow them out.
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