QUICK help needed on tubing :)

[gurby]

Ive recent purcahsed these pipes:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=845295&Product=2m+TFC+Green+UV+Reactive+Tube+1%2f2%22+ID+-+3%2f4%22+OD

But ive got a problem, i want to make the tubing neat so i want the smallest pipes i can cut and fit, but with these pipes creases occur when i use pretty small pipes. So therefor i have to make them extra long making everything very messy. Anyone can help me?

[kinghong1970]

firstly, it's called Kinking... the tubes kink when you bend them tightly, right?

well, the only other thing you can do is...

1)try smartcoils
2)use elbows
3)use 45deg fittings...

[AndrewZorn]

or use a ziptie at the point of kinking.

But if you see my sig, I definitely went "long and messy". More so I wouldn't have another incident where I had to do major work just to change out components.

[gurby]

Ok thanks will try sort something out, wait till you see my mozart tx WC crazy! Ill put pics up tomorow!:up:

[spoof]

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Someone to know, if this is dangerous? It's just cheap tubing, but i'll have time to replace them around Christmas. Can i wait or it's critical?

[SoulsCollective]

If you're referring to the discolouration, that's pretty standard with cheaper tubing. It's not going to affect temps, merely look fugly.

[spoof]

If you're referring to the discolouration, that's pretty standard with cheaper tubing. It's not going to affect temps, merely look fugly.

Thank you very much for the answer. Ugly colors are not problem, temps are good. I'm afraid of leaking.

[MrToad]

If you're referring to the discolouration, that's pretty standard with cheaper tubing. It's not going to affect temps, merely look fugly.


Thank you very much for the answer. Ugly colors are not problem, temps are good. I'm afraid of leaking.

There'll be no leaking due to that. Plasticizer leech (thanks Marci for the term :D) affects all tubing that's not plasticizer free (bloody master of the obvious I am :p:), cheap or expensive. After six months, my Tygon tubing looks like it's pumping semen through it.

I have no idea if plasticizer migration to the cooling fluid affects it's efficiency or contributes to clogging though. To be on the safe side, I change my coolant every 2 months or so...

[T_Flight]

He could also get tubing that has a better durometer rating, but obviously that costs more money. I've seen pics of different tubings that litterally have knots tied in them and wouldn't kink. It depends on the tubing, wall thickness, and durometer rating.

[muppenz]

There'll be no leaking due to that. Plasticizer leech (thanks Marci for the term :D) affects all tubing that's not plasticizer free (bloody master of the obvious I am :p:), cheap or expensive. After six months, my Tygon tubing looks like it's pumping semen through it.

I have no idea if plasticizer migration to the cooling fluid affects it's efficiency or contributes to clogging though. To be on the safe side, I change my coolant every 2 months or so...

Have to say though, been using some 7/16" Masterkleer tubing for 11 months now, and not much have changed other than the tubing becoming slightler duller in color. Got two loops, and I haven't drained one of them at all, seeing as I had to make some compromises mounting the 2 PA 120.3 onto a CM stacker 830 :P Was such a hassle mounting one of them at the bottom that I honestly cba removing it to drain it if nothing drastic happens to it :D