[rescue] [off-topic] Vacuuming your servers is like cleaning them with a Van deGraff generator

[Robert Darlington]

This generally works great, just remember to not let the fans spin.  It's
quite easy to get them going 10x faster than they were meant to go using
compressed air.  That means you're generating a good 120 volts back into the
12 volt regulator on the mobo or other parts in the PSU.

-Bob

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27 Jul 2011, at 19:02, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
>
> >> I had to post this since somebody joked a while back about all the
> static
> >> electricity a vacuum can generate and said it would be like using a Van
> >> deGraff generator:
> >> http://www.scientificsonline.com/winso-van-de-graaff-generator.html
> >> Only five hundred bucks to fry every server in the rack. Sparks 8 to 10
> >> inches long! Yeah, baby!
> >
> >
>
> http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=Van+De+Gr
> aaf+Generator&_sacat=See-All-Categories<http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=Van+De+Gr%0Aaaf+Generator&_sacat=See-All-Categories>
> >
> > Makes me want to take one and some computers running and see what would
> happen :-)
>
> I work at an auroparts and workshop place. I use a high pressure airline
> with
> a moisture trap on it :)
>
>
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