Dangers of compressed air. Computer Blows up in explosive Fireball

This is a video of the dangers of compressed air cans. When held upright, they work great... upside down and they spew out flammable gas.. and when that gas touches an electrically charged power supply.... well you'll see.

No one was hurt.. except maybe his ego a bit.

We heard one of our co-workers had done this and only realised the next day we had cameras in the back room. We played this on loop with "Firestarter" in our office for weeks.

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• fire
• co2
• power
• supply
• computer
• blow
• up
• explode
• carbon
• dioxide
• compressed
• air
• stupid
• american
• apparel
• ball

[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]

@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

[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

[0masakra0]

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

[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.