New Tool Free Ghost Fitting

[Nate P.]

As it has no "lip" so to speak, when you tighten it up, what's to stop the O ring distorting and popping out, so that there is no water tight seal?

You can only tighten it finger tight, and I don't think that's enough force to distort the o-ring.

[taowulf]

You can only tighten it finger tight, and I don't think that's enough force to distort the o-ring.

Sure it is. Those O-rings look pretty beefy, but I was able to distort the o-rings with DD High Flow barbs by hand. Not that i was TRYING to...it just happened.

[MrSlacker]

I mentioned this thread to Geno (the guy who designed the fitting) and he said:

The correct/standard/accepted/best practice for O ring fittings like the barbs we use in water cooling is snug and then one flat more which is a sixth of a revolution or 60 degrees. The mot common mistake those new to water cooling make is over tightening fittings that use an O ring for a seal which deforms or displaces the O ring. How an O ring works is by having more pressure applied downward then the pressure pushing outward.

Since our water cooling loops run at or bellow 5-6 PSI, obviously not a lot of pressure is needed. As for the poster curious about the "lip" or shoulder that forms the flange for the O ring, there IS a shoulder there, it is just sized for the O ring and not wrenches we really do not need.

The fittings were designed to be easy to use, (for novices and old hands alike) and to be invisible for those into case modding. They are called Ghost fittings because the tubing slides over the ENTIRE fitting, including the O ring Shoulder and is flush against your sexy block or reservoir etc.

The Fittings were tested at length to be sure before they went into production. My 5 foot tall 100 pound wife can easily tighten the fitting properly.

Just for those of you who do not know me, I have been building mods and water cooling since the days of cross drilling copper slugs. I have key chained more then my share of CPU's =) and have installed at least a hundred cooling loops...the point being I wouldn't put my name on a crappy part.

I am compiling a list of respectable guys to send samples to that will give them a fair shake so watch for reviews.

Thanks to Slacker for posting this and as soon as my account here is working I will check back.

There ya go. Also there are more pics in the thread I linked to in my first post up top and one does show the fitting installed.