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Re: Documenting: My SDA-1c upgrades from start to finish
Air compressors will spray moisture and lubricating oil. Not recommended for electronics. At least not without a de-ionizing dryer installed in-line. ESD standards dictate those for a minimum. You'll also need a grounded air line as compressed air can build up a static charge. There's a reason that you don't see electronics repair techs using air compressors.
Those reasons are why "canned air" exists. It's dry, static free and non-conductive, made specifically for electronics.
https://www.officesupply.com/technology/computer-accessories/cleaning-maintenance/air-dusters/cleaning-duster/p788559.html?ref=pla&scid=scbplp788559&sc_intid=788559&msclkid=c3ab209179a1166b7280471ebb74f062
Using a leaf blower is a sure fire way to damage something. Unless you have a significant way to create enough displacement, kicking up a cloud of dust just to evacuate it with a simple air transfer is harder than you think and there will still be particles that are light enough to get kicked up by the massive amount of air a leaf blower will displace quickly but too heavy to remain suspended in air long enough for an evacuation system or air scrubber to be able to extract. In other words, it won't work.
Your best bet is to invest in an ESD Anti-Static Vacuum Cleaner meant for cleaning electronics.
https://www.northerntool.com/products/metrovac-datavac-esd-safe-anti-static-pro-series-vacuum-blower-120-volts-4-5-amps-70-cfm-model-117-117513-mdv-1esd-104687?srsltid=AfmBOoo6APxF1ZYPPgsSTiZXg3DMWhhidZtz30If8b7EwF_iZU1vW7byjG8&gQT=1
This is your best bet because not only will it prevent the vacuum itself from frying sensitive electronics with the static fields it generates but masonry dust can and will build up a static charge in the vacuum line and an ESD vacuum will have a grounded lead to dissipate that charge through the grounding system instead of your sensitive electronics. The vacuum will remove all of the dust without introducing static electricity or moisture.
If you're doing all these "mods" to electronics, you should have one of those anyway.
Those reasons are why "canned air" exists. It's dry, static free and non-conductive, made specifically for electronics.
https://www.officesupply.com/technology/computer-accessories/cleaning-maintenance/air-dusters/cleaning-duster/p788559.html?ref=pla&scid=scbplp788559&sc_intid=788559&msclkid=c3ab209179a1166b7280471ebb74f062
Using a leaf blower is a sure fire way to damage something. Unless you have a significant way to create enough displacement, kicking up a cloud of dust just to evacuate it with a simple air transfer is harder than you think and there will still be particles that are light enough to get kicked up by the massive amount of air a leaf blower will displace quickly but too heavy to remain suspended in air long enough for an evacuation system or air scrubber to be able to extract. In other words, it won't work.
Your best bet is to invest in an ESD Anti-Static Vacuum Cleaner meant for cleaning electronics.
https://www.northerntool.com/products/metrovac-datavac-esd-safe-anti-static-pro-series-vacuum-blower-120-volts-4-5-amps-70-cfm-model-117-117513-mdv-1esd-104687?srsltid=AfmBOoo6APxF1ZYPPgsSTiZXg3DMWhhidZtz30If8b7EwF_iZU1vW7byjG8&gQT=1
This is your best bet because not only will it prevent the vacuum itself from frying sensitive electronics with the static fields it generates but masonry dust can and will build up a static charge in the vacuum line and an ESD vacuum will have a grounded lead to dissipate that charge through the grounding system instead of your sensitive electronics. The vacuum will remove all of the dust without introducing static electricity or moisture.
If you're doing all these "mods" to electronics, you should have one of those anyway.
Jstas
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Re: Documenting: My SDA-1c upgrades from start to finish
Got my grill going again, outta commission since 2008.
First thing to cook was hot tots & brats. Cut up peppers, onions and potatoes. Mix wishbone Italian with grey pooped-on mustard to make a sauce. Poor over potato’s and make a sealed bag with aluminum foil.
Use rest of the sauce to keep coating the brats and some large cut peppers & onions and grill away.
Yummy goodness…
First thing to cook was hot tots & brats. Cut up peppers, onions and potatoes. Mix wishbone Italian with grey pooped-on mustard to make a sauce. Poor over potato’s and make a sealed bag with aluminum foil.
Use rest of the sauce to keep coating the brats and some large cut peppers & onions and grill away.
Yummy goodness…
skipshot12
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Re: You know you’re getting old when…
Get off the street, Cupcake, Little Johnny's coming through !..
mrbigbluelight
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Re: CD/SACD Player/Transport Recommendations
Have a Pioneer DV-AX10, actually two of them.
Big DV-AX10 fan here.
Big DV-AX10 fan here.
skipshot12
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Re: CD/SACD Player/Transport Recommendations
So, are you saying that belt connects to the CD drive motor, too. I guess it would, huh?
Yes, if your player is laid out like the one in the diagram.
106 in that diagram is the platter disc.
F1nut
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Re: CD/SACD Player/Transport Recommendations
I've used WD-40 with great success. Years and years without issue. I thought about 3 in 1, but it tends to get funky after the years pass.
No O-ring that I'm aware of. The spindle motor should be a direct drive to the platter disc.
No O-ring that I'm aware of. The spindle motor should be a direct drive to the platter disc.
F1nut
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Re: Cartoons related to the foibles of audiophiles.
Make that 5th album, Foghat, Fool For The City....
pitdogg2
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Re: Isoacoustics
I wouldn’t run an SVS sub on a wood floor without the add on feet. They help stick the subwoofers in place and keep the energy in driver movement rather than in the cabinet.
FWIW, Isoacoustics makes a line of three models above the Gaia for speakers above 180 lbs or so a piece called Titan. Same concept and design. All of them lift speakers 1 to 3 inches higher than stock feet which can affect ear height to tweeters a bit. I have noticed a handful of high end speaker manufacturers have started including the concept in their speakers.
FWIW, Isoacoustics makes a line of three models above the Gaia for speakers above 180 lbs or so a piece called Titan. Same concept and design. All of them lift speakers 1 to 3 inches higher than stock feet which can affect ear height to tweeters a bit. I have noticed a handful of high end speaker manufacturers have started including the concept in their speakers.
Emlyn
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Re: Isoacoustics
I've tried the SVS feet. Actually, they came attached to an sb12 I bought used. On carpet, I felt they limited the sub. All tactile slam was lost. Spikes were much better. I suspect hard floors would be a different story.
DaveHo
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