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Old cell repair guy in Portland warned me not to use compressed air on vintage phones
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harper9144d ago
He's not wrong. That tiny blast can wreck old brittle wiring or blow dust into places you can't clean out.
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pat_stone4d ago
Is it really that fragile though? I've got a 15 year old dryer that I've blasted with compressed air more times than I can count and it's still running fine. Sure, you might nudge some dust deeper into a motor if you're careless, but that's more about technique than some inevitable disaster. Half of these warnings sound like people who watched one repair video and think every machine is made of eggshells. Are we really saying a quick puff of air is scarier than the lint that builds up naturally over time?
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the_olivia4d ago
Yeah, you got me. Never really thought about old wiring like that before.
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christopherh794d ago
Yeah but @harper914, how exactly does a quick puff mess up old wiring compared to just running the machine for years?
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