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- Oct 6, 2004
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- Oklahoma City, Ok
Quick question for some experienced watercooling people....
I have been looking at a way to shorten some of my tubing runs while avoiding any possible kinking in my WCing setup. I have found a fairly neat little fitting which is a smooth curve elbow. Here is the part number from Mcmaster.com - 5670K19
Instead of a standard 90 degree elbow its a smooth curve which should allow direction changes without causing too much of a flow restriction. The curve is only slightly more than some of the tubing curves I already have in my system.
The problem is that the only material I have found this made of so far is stainless steel. I currently have brass and copper in my loop which shouldnt cause too much of a galvanic corrosion problem. My worry is by introducing 4 of these in my loop the stainless + copper + brass may end up being a problem. I am using a Hyperlube + Distilled Water solution for my coolant. Hyperlube is supposed to be anti-corrosive but just to be safe I am wondering if anyone has input on how this would effect my system.
Even better would be if someone knows a source for this type of smooth curved elbow in a 'plastic' type fitting. I have seen pictures of them but so far have been unable to locate them online or at Lowe's or Home Depot.
I have been looking at a way to shorten some of my tubing runs while avoiding any possible kinking in my WCing setup. I have found a fairly neat little fitting which is a smooth curve elbow. Here is the part number from Mcmaster.com - 5670K19
Instead of a standard 90 degree elbow its a smooth curve which should allow direction changes without causing too much of a flow restriction. The curve is only slightly more than some of the tubing curves I already have in my system.
The problem is that the only material I have found this made of so far is stainless steel. I currently have brass and copper in my loop which shouldnt cause too much of a galvanic corrosion problem. My worry is by introducing 4 of these in my loop the stainless + copper + brass may end up being a problem. I am using a Hyperlube + Distilled Water solution for my coolant. Hyperlube is supposed to be anti-corrosive but just to be safe I am wondering if anyone has input on how this would effect my system.
Even better would be if someone knows a source for this type of smooth curved elbow in a 'plastic' type fitting. I have seen pictures of them but so far have been unable to locate them online or at Lowe's or Home Depot.