On Jan 21, 13:27, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> John Lawson wrote:
> > use a good regulator on your compressor, turned down to 15 or 20 PSI,
and
> > use a blow gun attachment with side relief holes and a rubber tip.
>
> Why so low? If I'm using a compressor, I usually set it to 80psi. No
> problems yet! I'm not exactly cleaning core memory though.
On some boards, you might just damage something. That's certainly too high
for relay coils and such. You stand a good chance of ripping off labels,
too. More importantly, if it does rip something off, or frees some grit,
the debris will come flying off at high speed, which is rather dangerous.
Of course, it all depends on how far he nozzle is from the board.
However, if you're holding it some distance away to reduce the pressure,
you'd save air and electricity by lowering the pressure instead.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Tue Jan 21 2003 - 19:35:00 GMT