Tubing type

gbcue · Jul 16, 2003

What type of tubing do you use?

Tygon
Clearflex 60
Vinyl Tubing

Any specific sizes that you use? OD? ID? Wall?

ElroyCarbon · Jul 16, 2003

Tygon here, 3/8" and 1/2".

nikhsub1 · Jul 16, 2003

Tygon 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD 1/8" wall

Grimdeath · Jul 16, 2003

Clearflex 60, 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 1/8" walls

Soja · Jul 16, 2003

Clearflex 60 - 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 1/8" Wall

rogerdugans · Jul 16, 2003

Copper and vinyl, 1/2" ID (main system)
Copper, 3/8" ID and vinyl, 1/4" and 3/8" ID (cube server)
Vinyl, 1/4" ID (linux experiment box)

I am eventually planning on getting some ClearFlex and upgrading the tubing sizes in the other two rigs, but the copper is staying

I like the way it looks and it just does NOT kink

Big B · Jul 16, 2003

Tygon 3/8" ID|1/2" OD. I got it for $1.62/ft at www.usplastic.com
Waaay cheaper than Danger Den (of course they have to make a profit off the stuff)

gbcue · Jul 16, 2003

Big B said:
Tygon 3/8" ID|1/2" OD. I got it for $1.62/ft at www.usplastic.com
Waaay cheaper than Danger Den (of course they have to make a profit off the stuff)

Shouldn't you have 1/8" wall instead of 1/16"?

Also which Tygon did you get? Theres like 12 different kinds.
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/ca...lastic&category%5Fname=Tygon%AE+Tubing&Page=1

rmonster · Jul 16, 2003

El-cheapo reinforced vinyl here, 1/2" ID 3/4" OD. I kinda like the way the reinforment material looks under a uv lamp (hey, I need to justify being a skinflint somehow !)

gbcue · Jul 17, 2003

What are the advantages of Tygon over Clearflex 60?

nealric · Jul 17, 2003

cheapo hardware store vynil. I cant see it anyways under all my insulation

1/2 ID on cpu, 3/8 on waterblock, 5/8ID coming off of pump.

It kinks around bends, but you can use L joints to fix that no prob.

Big B · Jul 17, 2003

Tygon is supposed to have better heat handling---if it's melted, then something has gotten way to hot in your system, which would be crispy at that point.

I've got the 1/16" wall stuff. Really, really flexible. I'm sure 1/8" wouldn't hurt me any, but I'm going with the specs I need for this to work the way I want.

Nico3k · Jul 17, 2003

Tygon R-1000 (1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 1/8" wall)
for sharp turns and Tygon R-3603 (1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 1/8" wall) for long ways...

gbcue · Jul 17, 2003

That R-1000 is like $3.80 a foot! I think I'll stay with Tygon R-3603 for my future WC system because it is MUCH cheaper, $2.90 @ dangerden.

Rokk1972 · Jul 18, 2003

Clearflex 60, 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 1/8" walls

Mustanley · Jul 18, 2003

Rokk1972 said:
Clearflex 60, 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 1/8" walls

same here. I was using the cheap 1/2" reinforced vinyl tubing from Lowes, but it was so stiff that I could hardly make the necessary bends with it. The Clearflex is soo much nicer.

gbcue · Jul 19, 2003

I was just at Home Depot and they have NICE tubing, with like no kinking at all.

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