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Paul Adsett
Film God

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From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted October 07, 2013 04:37 PM      Profile for Paul Adsett     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
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!] 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]

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 606
From: Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2007

- posted October 07, 2013 05:31 PM      Profile for Guy Taylor, Jr.     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Good advice; thank you Paul.

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Pasquale DAlessio
Film God

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From: Bristol,RI, USA
Registered: May 2010

- posted October 07, 2013 07:22 PM      Profile for Pasquale DAlessio     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Great info Paul. Now you can start a fan club! [Big Grin]

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

- posted October 08, 2013 02:47 AM      Profile for Dominique De Bast   Email Dominique De Bast   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
It the same for the computers fans.

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

- posted October 08, 2013 02:52 AM      Profile for Maurice Leakey   Email Maurice Leakey   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
A good tip from Paul. Something I wouldn't have thought about.

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