[plug] hot freeze - not a contradiction in terms

[W.Kenworthy]

Not true as far as I am aware: you dont use a vacuum with a brush
extension, but a paint brush (old style with animal hair) in the suction
stream.  As in all cases when working on electronics, you and your
equipment *should* be grounded anyway.

I would suspect that compressed air would have a higher chance of static
generation than a vacuum - a vacuum sucks existing air in, compressed
air generates static by forcing the air through a metal nozzel
generating and then carrying statically charged molecules which is then
directed onto the components ...

BillK

On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 10:44 +0900, Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions)
wrote:
> Are you sure about the vacuum cleaner? I've always been told not to, due to the
> static it produces...