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12th March, 2003, 02:00 PM
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| What is the name of that tubing I bought? I bought some tubing to replace the PVC in my water cooled rig and I can't remember what it was called. It's that surgical quality stuff. It was Tyvec or something like that. Anybody got any ideas what I'm talking about and where I can get some?
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12th March, 2003, 02:19 PM
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| u might be talking about Tygon....u can get it from DangerDen... http://www.dangerden.com/mall/Misc_Hardware/tubing.asp Ross
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13th March, 2003, 05:34 PM
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| Tygon is fairly hard from waht I've seen of it...
__________________ Dual XP1600+ AGOIA "Y" @ 1875mhz WATERCOOLED 33C LOAD Undergoing overhaul. Hard Locking to 13.5X multiplier for theoretical clockrate of 1944mhz 144mhz FSB 1X Duron 1.3 AHCLA "9" @ 1430mhz 1X Celeron 1000mhz 1X Pentium3 450 DECEASED Folding Under AOA-UK for team 45!  "Mothers should love their babies, because then they grow up, everyone might hate them." |
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14th March, 2003, 02:42 AM
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| hard as in.. um hard! It bends reasonably but not as well as silicone, and it doesnt kink easily.
__________________ Dual XP1600+ AGOIA "Y" @ 1875mhz WATERCOOLED 33C LOAD Undergoing overhaul. Hard Locking to 13.5X multiplier for theoretical clockrate of 1944mhz 144mhz FSB 1X Duron 1.3 AHCLA "9" @ 1430mhz 1X Celeron 1000mhz 1X Pentium3 450 DECEASED Folding Under AOA-UK for team 45! "Mothers should love their babies, because then they grow up, everyone might hate them." |
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15th March, 2003, 08:28 AM
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| At US Plastics there is a large selection of tubing. I chose R-3603 with 3/32" thick wall. This is the same type I used last time and it worked fine. I had some problems with chemical reaction/ corrosion and have to swap everything out. I was going to just clean out the existing tubing and reuse it. I thought about it and decided a clean start would be best. The Tygon tubing I have is soft and flexible and pretty tough. Almost impossible to kink it. I decided to get some Tygon because I was loosing a little water every couple weeks and read somewhere that it may have been due to leaching through the PVC tubing walls by capillary action. After changing the tube there is no more mysterious loss of water. Now I need to get the copper and aluminum to play nice together.
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15th March, 2003, 08:39 AM
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| i hope so...BIG dissapointment if i screw up my first W/C system with bad tubeing  , do you know how many GPH can be fed through a w/c system before it starts blowing off the tubing connectors and suck like...i was tempted to order the Ehiem 1260 600GPH pump...Thanks Ross
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15th March, 2003, 08:53 AM
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| I guess that would depend on the diameter of tube compared with the diameter of connector and also the type of clamp used to secure everything. I chose a diameter of tubing that would fit snuggly over the connector. I probably don't need a clamp at all but I use tie-wraps sinched down slightly. You may want to assemble your cooling system and run a test period to check for leaks and discover any bugs you might have. It will leave you a feeling little more confident for a good reason. Have fun 
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15th March, 2003, 08:59 AM
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| hehe, yea ill let it run for a day...in the end i decided to settle for the 317GPH pump, after all i am only using 2 waterblocks...are pumps noticeably noisy, because i really want it to be a wuite system so i can leave things downloading while i sleep...kinda hard to get to sleep at the mo with 5 49Db fans working away lol... Ross
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16th March, 2003, 06:06 PM
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| I guess it depends on what type of pump you decide to get. Some run off the PSU and others plug into the wall. I think Eheim pumps plug into the wall. As far as the GPH issue goes--If you push the water through the system too quickly it might not sit in the radiator long enough to exchange the heat. If the water moves too slowly then heat builds up. The size of your radiator (how many fans on radiator? What size and speed of fans) and diameter of tube must be considered. HERE is a link with some info you might find useful. HERE is another link you can poke around and find some more info. Have fun and stay cool 
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17th March, 2003, 08:22 AM
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| Its pressure that blows hoses. Even without clamps on my 600gph+ 5.5m head pump and crappy pvc tube I was fine until i rocked the pump, the movement caused a hose to ping off! If you use some form of clamp you will be fine.
__________________ Dual XP1600+ AGOIA "Y" @ 1875mhz WATERCOOLED 33C LOAD Undergoing overhaul. Hard Locking to 13.5X multiplier for theoretical clockrate of 1944mhz 144mhz FSB 1X Duron 1.3 AHCLA "9" @ 1430mhz 1X Celeron 1000mhz 1X Pentium3 450 DECEASED Folding Under AOA-UK for team 45! "Mothers should love their babies, because then they grow up, everyone might hate them." |
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