Air compressor for PC cleaning

BuToNz · 2 May 2011 at 12:46

Can anyone point me in the right direction for one of these? All I can seem to find is highly expensive ones and portable 12v car tyre ones!

Looking for a cheap way to blow the dust bunnies out of my case. :confused:

sHo0sH · 2 May 2011 at 12:47

You can buy cans of it from rainforest or the bay pretty cheap, I think I paid about £4 a can last time

scrlk · 2 May 2011 at 12:47

Elric · 2 May 2011 at 12:50

I use my Airbrush and compressor to clean the dusty weeds out of my PC's.

BuToNz · 2 May 2011 at 12:50

sHo0sH said:
You can buy cans of it from rainforest or the bay pretty cheap, I think I paid about £4 a can last time

Looking for something which doesn't run out really, large case could cost me a lot in cans. Would prefer some sort of compressor

BuToNz · 2 May 2011 at 12:52

Vinni3 @H|H said:

Lol, I need me one of those! Although, I feel slightly overkill

BuToNz · 2 May 2011 at 12:53

Elric said:
I use my Airbrush and compressor to clean the dusty weeds out of my PC's.

What kinda do you have? Links?

Phenomenologica · 2 May 2011 at 13:02

I use the manual blower I have for my camera. It's a fair bit of work doing the whole case, but it's good for keeping your handshakes firm.

I won't post links up in case the shops class as competitors, but any camera shop will stock large manual blowers. Cheap as chips too.

Alternatively, what about those small electric pumps used for inflating air beds? I can find some of those pretty cheap (Well under £10) and they should do if you fit one of the narrower nozzles onto them.

iBSOD · 2 May 2011 at 13:02

I use a Henry Hoover ;D

Radiation · 2 May 2011 at 13:03

I find those cheap airbed hand pumps work really well at clearing dust if you push down hard enough.

K.C. Leblanc · 2 May 2011 at 13:07

iBSOD said:
I use a Henry Hoover ;D

Be careful, I managed to suck a key off a laptop using one of those. Worse bit is I'd already started rooting through the bag before someone told me we had a spare.

Nightglow · 2 May 2011 at 13:22

I bought a small CLARKE 100 AIR COMPRESSOR for £30, plus a blowgun with various nozzles £5 both off Ebay about three years ago.

Superb kit, works out a lot cheaper than buying cans of compressed air.

joemo13 · 2 May 2011 at 13:25

I use a bike-pump, works well and is cheap.

jbloggs · 2 May 2011 at 13:28

I bought the DataVac Electric Duster 500 which is available in the UK, does an excellent job and will certainly pay for itself...

OLDPHART · 2 May 2011 at 14:24

Outdoor shops have them, l paid £12, works a treat, sharp pays for it self.

MikeHunt79 · 2 May 2011 at 14:35

You should be able to get a decent compressor for less than £100 these days, how much are you looking to spend?

Werewolf · 2 May 2011 at 14:47

You can get cheap airbrush type compressors for <£60 which are very quiet, small and of variable quality (although you don't need a great one to just act as a blower).
IIRC you can get diaphram type compressors for £30ish, but a piston type will probably last much longer.

I suspect you don't want a Clarke 2.5 HP 25 litre tank workshop type, which would be about the same price but far too big and noisy

OLDPHART · 2 May 2011 at 14:53

This is the photo of the pump 240v or battery l mentioned in my 1st reply, its small but does the job -

~Mike~ · 2 May 2011 at 21:12

Used one of these Makita Blower UB1101

I borrowed it to clean a very dusty PC.

Very effective. Can be used as a blower and vac.

Rob_J · 2 May 2011 at 21:18

OLDPHART said:
This is the photo of the pump 240v or battery l mentioned in my 1st reply, its small but does the job -

+1 for the small pump, works like a dream and what you can't reach with it, just use a can of compressed air.