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Posted by Paul Adsett (Member # 25) on October 07, 2013, 04:37 PM:
Doing some routine cleaning on the GS1200 today and noticed the fan blades looked dusty. I stuck a q-tip down into the blades and the grunge of grease and dust between the blades was unbeleivable - and I think I keep my projectors clean! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Anyway I completed an hour long task of cleaning all the stuff out between the blades using about 20 q-tips. Now the projector seems to put out more air flow than before.
I read somewhere that for every 10C rise in the temperature of solid state electronics, the mean time before failure is halved.
A dirty fan will not move as much air, so the electronics are going to run hotter.
So keep those fan blades clean and your projector running cool! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Posted by Guy Taylor, Jr. (Member # 786) on October 07, 2013, 05:31 PM:
Good advice; thank you Paul.
Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on October 07, 2013, 07:22 PM:
Great info Paul. Now you can start a fan club! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Dominique De Bast (Member # 3798) on October 08, 2013, 02:47 AM:
It the same for the computers fans.
Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on October 08, 2013, 02:52 AM:
A good tip from Paul. Something I wouldn't have thought about.
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