Dangers of compressed air. Computer Blows up in explosive Fireball

[greenrolaids]

this happened to me.. I had done it 50 or so times before and 1 out of the 50 times i got fire

[Prence]

Aren't you supposed to unplug the computer and turn it on to discharge the power supply before you start working on the PC. At least that's what I do every time I open my case. lol Think this guy would have known that.

[grodenbarg]

LOL



[ChiefLeftenant]

Anyone ever heard that dust in a fine enough state will generate static electricity. Dust itself can catch fire with a static charge. Google "Grain Elevator Explosion" and you will lean why this happened.

[Milesprowerz]

Right.... Remove the battery

[lamiac2411]

It was unplugged. The idiot didn't hold the power button down to release the remaining charge that was in the pc. Therefore it blew up in his face. OWNED

[jamiebrown67]

ummm... maybe he forgot to unplug it?...lol

[upajos]

The so-called "canned air" containers contain Freon or some other fluorocarbon, not air. I prefer using an air compressor at 30 psi with a rubber tip blowgun to blow dust out of computers and monitors. It's never caused problems in the 20+ years that I've been doing it.

[0masakra0]

@upajos ok Sherlock, not everybody have an air compressor.

[ramfery23]

probably he was using a hair spray :D

if you see the idiot was spraying with the can horizontally. he need to read the instructions.

[HoneycombAgent]

Oh great. Good luck explaining to customers why you had to charge extra for replacing the PSU.

[262kk]

@HoneycombAgent and maby the motherboard to lol

[Prence]

@HoneycombAgent If it had been my PC that he blew up, he would be the one to buy me a new computer, not me. And if he put up a fight over paying for a new computer, then I guess we would end up on Judge Judy. lol

[BritishRider]

lol at least he was ok I'd of had a heart attack

[staroner101]

dayum think twice b 4 using mines again

[staroner101]

dayum

[minciNashu]

It wasnt on per se, but it has capacitators.

[roguekiller23231]

since the liquid is a conducter and flamable, he must have sprayed it on a capacitor and shorted it, causing a spark and ignition.

[MTran0708]

wow he's a dumbass for having compressed air near a charge.

[chilledkirby]

ROFL. Yeah, also the flammable gas it sprays is fricking cold also. It's partially butane, which is why you get the bang.

Usually it contains difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, or tetrafluoroethane. Hydrocarbons, like butane.