Plug-in air blower

Is a hair-dryer blowing cold air through a concentrator nozzle not powerful enough? There is usually at least a couple of speeds available if you want some control.

There are 'shop' or 'site' blowers, but they tend to be battery:

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If it is only a small job, then google for "air duster". These typically range from small hand-held blowers to cans of compressed gas, such as

Something like:

Battery powered, not 240v (link may wrap) -

Thanks, might be one of those that'll do - I'll have a look through them.

Thanks to others for their suggestions. Some are too expensive, some too big. I'll see if a hair drier might do - I've a hot-air gun that blows far better than a HD but it doesn't have a cold setting!

I really want the equivalent of a small compressor sans receiver and that'll take a bit of hose and the gun that I have.

Are you seeking something to give low volume air but at a moderate pressure?

What I have seen used is a car tyre with adaptor on valve. This then feeds a airline hose and a normal airline type nozzle.

The car tyre can normally be pressurised to 40 or 45psi (80psi if you have one of the emergency get-you-home tyres), and will provide a reasonable burst of air for a few seconds.

Hadn't thought of car tyres (last car went for scrap in '73) - cheers.

BTW, suggestion of hair drier: mine doesn't have Cold but, as it's about 50 yo it has screws so I might do a little mode so that it does blow cold, after trying it with a narrow nozzle to check if it can manage useful pressure.

You may find that at least part of the heating element is used as a dropper resistor for the fan motor, so it can't be disabled.

Thanks for that - might not be as simple as I thought.

This chap compares impact wrenches and various other tools, this week it's the turn of air blowers

Thanks, looks like a useful format. I've downloaded the video to watch later.