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[Ignazio Palmisano]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Saturday 17 May 2008 17:14, Martin Laberge wrote:
>> On Saturday 17 May 2008 06:47:48 Bill Vance wrote:
>>> Howdy;
>>>
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> I did see mention that spinning the fans when doing this cleanout operation 
> could cause the creation of electricity feeding back into the PSU. I'm not 
> too sure about that. Servo's create a voltage when spun, but whether that 
> applies to fans in the computer I don't know, and havn't had any problems 
> myself.

I'm no electric engineer, but I guess it's because the fan engine works 
like a dynamo. I've never thought of that, so that's good to know :) my 
fix for it would be to stick something in the blades to keep them in 
place while blowing the air on them, like a chopstick or something alike...
I.