-> WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to CHARLES ANGELICH:

->  WC> On the matter of power supplies in the post you replied to that I
->  WC> unintentionally skipped over...

->  WC> It's not just the vents at the fan that get dirty.
->  WC> My AT power supply was FILLED with crud on the inside too.

->  WC> Took a massive amount of cleaning inside of the components
->  WC> and circuit board.

->  WC> I found a dead simple way to do it but can't recomend it
->  WC> as yet as tried once I've no idea if it compromized
->  WC> the PS in any way.

-> I've sometimes wished for "shop air" for those things --
take a hose with a
-> blowgun on the end of it,  stand outside (or in a doorway or whatever) and just
-> blast away,  

Saw a guy clean his CAR that way on a job site with a commercial 
compressor. Done in ten seconds.

My PS required even more than that could have accomplished. 

-> until you didn't see dust coming out any more.  It's amazing how
-> much crud can accumulate inside of one of those supplies and still
work...

I know I was shocked at how bad it was and still worked.
Need to pick up a ten dollar voltmeter to check it due to
the extreme measure I took in cleaning it.

If it checks out I'll do the other one the same way...
then there's that miserable SFX supply in the H.P.
to check out :-(
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