Slayer2k3
09-16-2011, 07:05 PM
Well, it's been quite some time since I was last on here, and, damn, things, they've changed hehehe. Especially this new theme....weird...
Anyway, I had taken a break with my water loop for the most part of a year, got tired of it, drained, cleaned, and packed it all away in my closet...until last weekend when the itch returned...
So, I dig out my box-o-goodies, start laying things out and taking inventory, when I come to this rattling box. What the, what's in here I thought. I open it up, and it's my Ek multires, the tube in 4 er 5 pieces. Now, this stuff has been in a dark, dry, very out of reach corner of my closet, as said for the better part of a year without human interaction, sealed in its own box, and yet its broken. At first I was confused, then frustrated because this little bastard was not cheap.
Is this a common problem with these things? I did some digging, and came upon a thread with some sort of RMA situation going on, and the issue being blamed on PT-Nuke, and additives...but those threads didn't really fit my case. The only thing I have run in this loop are distilled water and maybe 4 drops of Dawn. It's a sealed case, no window, never had any growth issues so I never needed additives.
I know it has been quite some time, and this is probably a waste of effort, but am I SOL on this, or, what ever became of this issue? Was there a solution as to what caused it? I noticed people saying it might be from over tightening, and, I do remember since day one, the tube had little hairline fractures all around the edges of it, I asked about it and was wold it was fine, that it was just because of how the tubing was cut(I think, that was like 3 years ago...)?
Anyway, I had taken a break with my water loop for the most part of a year, got tired of it, drained, cleaned, and packed it all away in my closet...until last weekend when the itch returned...
So, I dig out my box-o-goodies, start laying things out and taking inventory, when I come to this rattling box. What the, what's in here I thought. I open it up, and it's my Ek multires, the tube in 4 er 5 pieces. Now, this stuff has been in a dark, dry, very out of reach corner of my closet, as said for the better part of a year without human interaction, sealed in its own box, and yet its broken. At first I was confused, then frustrated because this little bastard was not cheap.
Is this a common problem with these things? I did some digging, and came upon a thread with some sort of RMA situation going on, and the issue being blamed on PT-Nuke, and additives...but those threads didn't really fit my case. The only thing I have run in this loop are distilled water and maybe 4 drops of Dawn. It's a sealed case, no window, never had any growth issues so I never needed additives.
I know it has been quite some time, and this is probably a waste of effort, but am I SOL on this, or, what ever became of this issue? Was there a solution as to what caused it? I noticed people saying it might be from over tightening, and, I do remember since day one, the tube had little hairline fractures all around the edges of it, I asked about it and was wold it was fine, that it was just because of how the tubing was cut(I think, that was like 3 years ago...)?