Wondering how members handle dust? DUST is a very important part of the care and maintainence of ALL your electronic equipment. It can cause real problems, especially with power supplys and amplifiers.
1) Amps and power section with a nice layer of dust run hotter.
2) If your home or local climate is fairly (or most often humid,) dust can become a rather "greasy" type of garbage that of course now becomes conductive.
We've been in the house for 3.5 years now, and frankly the dust issue pisses me off a bit. My house, for whatever reason, seems to be fairly dusty. Although the wife is a consumate housekeeper (I do my share as well
)she wipes, dusts, sweeps, and mops the entire place down, every Saturday. I still get decent accumulation of the stuff during the week. We seem to be dusting often. And especially around the gear. Black Laquered speaker finishes make it even more noticable. 
I'm going to look into an electronic filter for the furnance/AC system. Anyone have any experience, or recommendations with these?
Working in the electronics/computer field all my professional life, I've made it part of a quarterly routine to stay on top of dust build up, inside my gear, as well as around it, and on top of it. Especially in the summer months. I usually take the stuff out of the rack every 3 months or so, take it into the garage, and blast it lightly with the air compressor. This goes for the computers, and the monitors as well. Especially 17 and 19" CRT models. Dust can really cause trouble with the high-voltage circuits.
If your gear is not easy to get completely in and out of their respective housings. Another way to handle it is to take the covers off, and use the vacuum cleaner with a light brushing, to suck the crap up.
Anyone else? Do you make sure your stuff is dust free as much as possible?
-Thomas-
The easiest way to find something lost around the house, is to buy a replacement.
Hey You! Make sure you stop by the HTguide Off-Topic section. It's FUN!!!
1) Amps and power section with a nice layer of dust run hotter.
2) If your home or local climate is fairly (or most often humid,) dust can become a rather "greasy" type of garbage that of course now becomes conductive.
We've been in the house for 3.5 years now, and frankly the dust issue pisses me off a bit. My house, for whatever reason, seems to be fairly dusty. Although the wife is a consumate housekeeper (I do my share as well
)she wipes, dusts, sweeps, and mops the entire place down, every Saturday. I still get decent accumulation of the stuff during the week. We seem to be dusting often. And especially around the gear. Black Laquered speaker finishes make it even more noticable. I'm going to look into an electronic filter for the furnance/AC system. Anyone have any experience, or recommendations with these?
Working in the electronics/computer field all my professional life, I've made it part of a quarterly routine to stay on top of dust build up, inside my gear, as well as around it, and on top of it. Especially in the summer months. I usually take the stuff out of the rack every 3 months or so, take it into the garage, and blast it lightly with the air compressor. This goes for the computers, and the monitors as well. Especially 17 and 19" CRT models. Dust can really cause trouble with the high-voltage circuits.
If your gear is not easy to get completely in and out of their respective housings. Another way to handle it is to take the covers off, and use the vacuum cleaner with a light brushing, to suck the crap up.
Anyone else? Do you make sure your stuff is dust free as much as possible?
-Thomas-
The easiest way to find something lost around the house, is to buy a replacement.
Hey You! Make sure you stop by the HTguide Off-Topic section. It's FUN!!!
ops: but I think it was one of those "as seen on TV" items you can sometimes get at Walmart. 
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