Watercooling Tubing

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by LukeDaly, 26 Feb 2012.

  1. LukeDaly

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    Some people may remember my thread about the clouded coolant etc, I now also think the tubing has something to do with this, or possibly the kill coil, is this possible? do I need biocide and a kill coil? or is pt nuke ok alone? also the tubing i used was tygon, is there any better clear tubing? thanks, Luke
     
  2. Big Elf

    Big Elf Oh no! Not another f----ing elf!

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    Some tubing leaches plasticisers which causes clouding quite quickly. You can get food grade Tygon which supposedly doesn't do this, I haven't tried it so can't comment. Primochill LRT Pro is normally pretty good for staying clear but there seems to have been a bad batch of this released recently which has more than the normal amounts of plasticiser in it. I've used it for quite a while in both clear and black without problem.

    I've used Clearflex that clouded within a couple of weeks.
     
  3. AoE

    AoE What's a Dremel?

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    if your selling any parts, let me know your just up the street from me man.
     
  4. LukeDaly

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    hmm, i Love the look of the red in my build.. wonder if its worth getting clear again tho :/ also is the black, a true black? :)

    nah man just built this rig :) where about you from? :jawdrop:
     
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    Looks good, nice rig btw, just dont fancy having my cylinder res clear :(
     
  7. AoE

    AoE What's a Dremel?

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    Live in Newtonabbey
     
  8. LukeDaly

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    I go to tech up there :)
     
  9. AoE

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    at least il know where to go if I looking another 580 haha
     

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