Barbecue brush for video card dust cleaning

[kevindd992002]

Will using a bbq brush like this:

in cleaning off dust from video card (or any other electronic component) produce static electricity that may destroy the components?

 

[dick_freebird]

That looks like a natural bristle chip brush and I have not
noticed them being particularly static-y. You could wet it
and blot dry (the bristles will retain some moisture) and
have pretty decent suppression of any triboelectric charging.
But guarantees, I'm not making.

Better than a synthetic bristle I'm pretty sure, unless it
is specially made to be conductive.

 

[kevindd992002]

That looks like a natural bristle chip brush and I have not
noticed them being particularly static-y. You could wet it
and blot dry (the bristles will retain some moisture) and
have pretty decent suppression of any triboelectric charging.
But guarantees, I'm not making.

Better than a synthetic bristle I'm pretty sure, unless it
is specially made to be conductive.

Oh ok. What do you mean by synthetic bristle? The brush I have is colored black and is kinda soft like the one in the pic.

 

[godfreyl]

Natural bristle = animal hair
Synthetic bristle = made out of plastic, or similar

 

[andre_luis]

Kevin,


Can you get some data about material with which the brush you refer was made ?
Having this information you will be able to evaluate its ability to keep some electric charge:

https://www.gordonbrush.com/static_electricity.php




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[kevindd992002]

Kevin,


Can you get some data about material with which the brush you refer was made ?
Having this information you will be able to evaluate its ability to keep some electric charge:

http://www.gordonbrush.com/static_electricity.php




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This: **broken link removed** is exactly what I have
Based on the description, it is 100% pure natural bristle, if that even means anything helpful?

 

[andre_luis]

This...is exactly what I have
Based on the description, it is 100% pure natural bristle, if that even means anything helpful?

Based only on webpage provided abote, it is not preciselly defined what kind of animal their anti-static brushes are made of.

Materials for Anti-Static Brushes
Our anti-static brushes are made from low charging materials and natural bristle materials that are near neutral on the triboelectric chart. These anti-static brushes neither give nor take electrons and, therefore, remain essentially electrically neutral. There can, however, be a slight charge created. In extreme voltage sensitive applications, these anti-static brushes should be used only in a liquid environment.

Source: https://www.gordonbrush.com/anti-static-brushes.html



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[kevindd992002]

Based only on webpage provided abote, it is not preciselly defined what kind of animal their anti-static brushes are made of.

Source: https://www.gordonbrush.com/anti-static-brushes.html



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Well, I did proceed in using the brush on the card this morning and when I plugged it back in my computer it was working fine. Since the brush I have is china made, I don't think I can still look for an accurate datasheet that mentions its material type. How about using the brush included with the Metro DataVac: **broken link removed** ?