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23-April-04, 11:41 PM
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| Apex Master Tech  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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   |  OD? ID? help please I want to do 1/2 tubing, and I bought tubing and I realized that its got 1/2"OD and 3/8"ID. did i buy 3/8" tubing thinking it was 1/2" or did I buy the right one?
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23-April-04, 11:57 PM
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| Aqua Pimp  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: P-"hoe"-nix
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   | Most vendors refer to tubing size in ID. So what you got is 3/8" tubing. But to confuse the issue companies such as Swiftech have a nasty habit of referring to tubing size by outside diameter. If you want half inch for say a DangerDen RBX, you want 1/2" ID tubing. Most common is a 1/8" wall or 5/8" OD. Tubing also comes in 1/16" wall and 3/32" wall for 1/2" ID. Blocks and rads with 1/2" barbs require 1/2" ID tubing. Kwik connects like some Swiftech and others measure by OD. Confused yet?
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24-April-04, 12:03 AM
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| Apex Master Tech Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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| well the rbx was the block i was looking at, so that clears things up. looks like ill be heading back to home depot soon. thanks for the help.
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24-April-04, 12:06 AM
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| H2'Hoe' Cooling Addict  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hesperia, Ca
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| What is the difference in the wall thickness? How much psi runs in a Water Cooled rig on averaged (or if it depends on a block and pump say the D4 pump and the RBX block)? Which wall thickness is easiest to bend without kinking? Sorry if my post sounds like a test in school 
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24-April-04, 12:12 AM
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| The Who? Hoe  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: If only I knew...
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| Generally the thicker the wall, the more resistant to kinkage it is and has a smaller bend radius. I like my tubing thick (currently 1/8"). Is it necessary? No. Some people think it looks "bulky". I've seen as little as 1/16" thick tubing used without any "accidents". To each his own.
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24-April-04, 12:45 AM
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| Funky Psych-Hoe  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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| If you got your tube from Home Depot then it has to be that vinyl crap. Unless you are not going to be making any even semi hard turns I would suggest going with some clearflex. Way cheaper then Tygon but lightyears ahead of vinyl.
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24-April-04, 12:18 PM
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| Apex Elite Tech  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Texas A&M University
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| ive got fat @$$ tygon ni my system, 1/2 id, walls are thick as hell, doesnt bend very easily, but who cares, im pretty certain it will never get a hole in it and leak or anything, and it is like impossible to kink and man it is soft and smooth 
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24-April-04, 02:20 PM
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| The Who? Hoe Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: If only I knew...
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That's a good place and so is www.mcmaster.com. Make sure you check out minimum length and increments it's sold by. Most watercooling retailers also sell tubing of some sort by the foot, so you may want to just pick up some while ordering your other parts and same some money on shipping. If all else fails your nearest Home Depot sells vinyl tubing, which will get the job done just as well.
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