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Topic: What do you guys do to keep mining rigs clean? (Read 4052 times)

newbie
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has anyone tried electrical cleaner. just a thought. I just built my first rig a few weeks back. also as far as your air compressor and water. you need to install a in line water filter. I think that is the name of it. basically it collects the water so you don't have condensation.

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legendary
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i bought an electric duster for 10 bucks from aliexpress. it's a cheap but the cargo has arrived late i suggest you.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Portable-Computer-Dust-Blower-Mini-Vacuum-Blowing-Cleaner-Professional-Mini-Dust-Blower-Duster-for-Laptop-Camera/32631404726.html
newbie
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01FWSYOME/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1500067179&sr=8-9&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65

I bought it a few years ago (at half the current price) for general desktop cleaning and it's a really nice tool. Small, powerful, well-built.
sr. member
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Merit: 251
Well that seems like a solution, but if I use vacuum cleaner, could that make any problem?
Yes, using a vacuum cleaner could destroy your equipment! Do not use a vacuum cleaner! Have you ever gotten an electric shock from your vacuum cleaner? If not, then you should probably vacuum more often. Seriously though, using a vacuum cleaner on your mining rig could (but doesn't have to) send an electrostatic discharge to it and fry something. So don't.

If you don't want to invest in a big air compressor, just purchase a cheap can of compressed air. Should be available pretty much in any store which sells PC parts. Something like this (it's a Swedish cheap brand, just ask at your regular electronic store, they'll have it):


I bought this in Tesco and get points for this.
newbie
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I borrow this one from work.

https://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500P-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001U899HQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1500051105&sr=8-4

$80, doesn't freeze up like a can of compressed air can during long usage. But it's noisy as hell.  Not leaf-blower noisy but your neighbors will swear there is a pack of angry dentists roaming in your house.


newbie
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legendary
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Well that seems like a solution, but if I use vacuum cleaner, could that make any problem?

I'm just worried with all the internal wires, if any of the internal wires of graphics cards gets broke, it could be an issue.

A vacuum cleaner sucks air, a compressor pushes it which is much more powerful/efficient at removing stuck dust. Even if you can push air with your vacuum cleaner I doubt that it would be powerful enough clean the dust off. But it's worth a try I guess.

I wanted to buy air compressor as well, but, cleaning is working fine with every industrial vacuum cleaner,
not sucking, but blowing with tight nosel is very effective too.
full member
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Theranos Coin - IoT + micro-blood arrays = Moon!
How do you manage the adhesive that sticks to usb risers? Glue on my risers are getting loose and I'm tightening it using a pen. However it gets loose again quickly.

What do you mean? The sponge-like black stripe stuff on the bottom? That's only there to prevent short circuits in case someone were to be clueless enough to just put the riser on to conductive metal frames or touching any parts of the PC. I just remove mines because the heat would do it otherwise.

3M 90 adhesive will stick those black pads back on.  Home Depot carries it.
legendary
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'The right to privacy matters'
I am a lifelong asthma sufferer.  I found these air cleaners years ago
I have to run them for the asthma

I have 3 of them.  with settings 1-6

So all 3 on 6  cleans just about anything.

This is a case of Asthma saving my gear.

http://www.iqair.com/commercial/gc-series-air-purifiers/buy?_ga=1.88473499.1214842831.1327202539


sr. member
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yeah make sure your air compressor is clear of water and make sure you never vacuum as you can create static electricity and short your crap out
legendary
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A warning to those who would use a air compressor as those shown of the first page, if you live in a humid environment they can also compress warm humid air and shoot moisture out onto your precious electronics. They do sell moisture removing devices you can put between the output from the compressor and your air line, but those add quite a bit to the cost. An electronics rated vacuum (to avoid static discharge) with canned air is the best option imho, but again this too can add up in cost over time.
legendary
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I tried vacuum cleaner from a bit distance, and it worked good but was not able to completely suck the dust from the fan. However, thanks to XFX design, after detaching the fans from GPU's, it cleaned pretty much dust.

Hey guys, it has been a problem for me since the very start of mining. Its really a hard task to dismantle each and every hardware and then clean with a piece of cloth.

Is there any easy way of getting rid of all the dust in mining rigs?

His Question doesn't make any sense...why he don't even know how to clean things..fuck  Angry
This thread is nothing except to increase hi post count for sig campaign lol

Its one of the important threads of the section, where the heck do you live? Is it a place without dirt?

I live at a place where fans are required in room, temperature goes to 35 degrees in this month (in summers, it reaches 43), fans of the GPU work at full speed all the time... and the mining rigs get very dusty often.
sr. member
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Have anyone tried to put ionizer in the rigs room , i was thinking about this ,can this negative charge ions affect the electronic components ?, i heard also the ionizer makes the walls turn black colour..., i just think about it because i am living in dusty area (normal dust not industrial)
legendary
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Hey guys, it has been a problem for me since the very start of mining. Its really a hard task to dismantle each and every hardware and then clean with a piece of cloth.

Is there any easy way of getting rid of all the dust in mining rigs?

His Question doesn't make any sense...why he don't even know how to clean things..fuck  Angry
This thread is nothing except to increase hi post count for sig campaign lol
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
CryptoLearner
I will take the cards off and use a tooth brush to remove the dust. Other methods are not powerful enough.

Yeah you have to do that after a while, maybe twice a year or something if the buildup too heavy
member
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Making BlockChain
Keep your rigs in cooler room just enough.
newbie
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I will take the cards off and use a tooth brush to remove the dust. Other methods are not powerful enough.
legendary
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same, but the air compression can't remove very well a portion of the dust that sticks on the fan, that is the long part for me

If the dust stick to fans, either you have too much humidity where you are running your rigs, or your don't clean them out often enough, i clean out my rigs twice a month, and no problem with sticky dust. One other recommendation i have is to get an industrial vacuum cleaner, and when you blow the dust, to let his tube run not far so that it can capture this blowed out dust, otherwise the dust will go down again onto your rigs. you can't capture it all with this method but a good portion, if you have the possibility too, let a much stronger air circulation (by opening any doors, garage door, window & such) to carry much of the dust you are blowing too. Last the solution in the post above is good yes, because of pollen dust especially those have a tendencies to stick easily and it's very bad for fans. Mind that you have to increase your ventilation to counter those filters airflow reduction.

i do it once eveyr two months, i was thinking to do it every month, maybe it would help, still the air compressor can't reach very well the fan's blade, those small one of the gpu
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