On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 08:40:52AM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:05:55 +1200 > Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote: > > Hello Chris, > > >I'd be a bit hesitant to recommend to use a vacuum cleaner, > >wouldn't static electricity be a risk? > > Static builds up when the cleaner moves across the (usually nylon) > carpet. When cleaning out a computer casing, you're going to be using a > hose with a nozzle on the end so the gliding over carpet doesn't occur.
Then you *would* be asking for trouble. IMHO, if anti static measures are not observed, then it doesn't mean the computer will not function but more likely a weakness to the chips occurs and then a failure further on down the track. Of course nobody would be messing round in the computer without an anti static wrist strap on, would they? > I regularly(1) clean our computers with a vacuum cleaner. That is what I'm referring to, apparently compressed air is recommended instead. <wonders if Brad's computers last as long as they should.> -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150723120114.GA24700@tal
