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I need something to clean the PSU, I am looking on amazon.de (I live in germany) and was hard to find a nice air duster can, many of them had really bad reviews(saying that came water out of it), what do you guys recommend?

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Compressed air does have liquid in it. If you shake a can of it, you'll hear liquid sloshing around. If the can was designed and built properly, liquid should only come out if said can is held upside down while spraying. The liquid inside though is not pure water(if it does actually contain water). It's a mixture of chemicals.

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Use an air compressor.Just go to a gas station and ask them if they have one or just borrow one from someone.It's safe,you can control the pressure and it's fast

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I need something to clean the PSU, I am looking on amazon.de (I live in germany) and was hard to find a nice air duster can, many of them had really bad reviews(saying that came water out of it), what do you guys recommend?

 

Compressed air cans unless you flip it upside down are safe to use, if I recall the gas is non conductive and vaporizes immediately, another is using a compressor and setting it on low PSI and a nozzle to just blow out the dust. Just don't over-spin the fan.

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Look into getting one of these.  Has lots of power, and never have to buy a can of compressed air again.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW

Seems nice, but couldnt find in Germany :(

Found this one http://www.amazon.de/Ryobi-R18I-0-Akku-Kompressor/dp/B00B3FRB9Y/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1437903989&sr=8-15&keywords=druckluft+kompressor

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Just make sure u held the air can upright. Unless u want the psu and Ur pc blow up and on fire.

That wouldn't happen. I've had the liquid contents spray on computer hardware - it evaporates very quickly.

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That wouldn't happen. I've had the liquid contents spray on computer hardware - it evaporates very quickly.

Yes but if your power supply is on during the time you tried to spray the air can to it. It might be dangerous to do so. So just a caution to unplug and turn it off completely.
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Yes but if your power supply is on during the time you tried to spray the air can to it. It might be dangerous to do so. So just a caution to unplug and turn it off completely.

It wouldn't be wise to clean out any computer component while it's operating.

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