I don't believe I did that ?

[bigslappy]

NEVER PRESSURE TEST YOUR RAD WITH HOUSE PRESSURE TAP WATER

2nd never use sharp items around your rad

was testing a rad / blower set up ,went to remove the temp tubing setup & was useing sissors (I know 1st dumb thing it did) to cut off the tubing on the barbs > stabbed the rad "Holey S**T " but it looked as if i missed the tubes just fin damage
SOO I ran house water thru unrestricked & counldn't tell for sure if it was leaking
SOO >>> I think >> I'll plug the outlet & then I'll know for sure . Soo I hook it all up & place a plug on the outlet hose Then I run in the house turn the water back on >> by the time i got 1/2 WAY back i could hear the fins popping ..


>>Everyone Laff now ! >>

>> GTXBlkIce 480 shot to Sh**

it is now > leaking ... but NOT at the site of the damage !

pix attached

[Yeknom]

Oh man, that sucks. That GTX isn't cheap either.

[evil-98]

OMG!! that is blasphemy! a 480! you just killed like 10000 kittys

[clock_ed]

Haha, sorry for your loss mate, you can see three of the flat tubes that have stretched and turned white. Nice paper weight you have there.

[bigslappy]

Yeah them GTX 480's FLAT tubes are now Round !
L O L @ myself

this is what happens when you're overly tired & burnt from a Great Saturday nite ! A Sunday F/U !

[Nanometer]

geez, that's intense.

Note to self: do not pressure test these kinds of radiators lol.

[madmaxx]

Oh man, that sucks. That GTX isn't cheap either.

not in price

yes it does suck royaly, sorry for your misshap bro

[YMAA]

That blows, man.

[killermiller]

I have done that before. Just use some nippy cutters and cut the fins away from the areas and epoxy it.

[djnoob]

Man that sucks.

[MINIz guy]

Ouch, that is quite a sum of money you broke right there. If I did something like that, I wouldn't be able to buy another part for half a year due to not having the money and permission. Hope you aren't in the same situation.

[tiro_uspsss]

so lemme get this straight - u attached the rad somehow to a normal tap in ya house, & the water pressure that the house tap put out, burst a tube in the rad??

[IanY]

What are you guys talking about?

I clean my Thermochills with a Power Pressure Washer. Granted, I don't crank up the gas engine and use the 3000 psi max, but it definitely gets my radiators clean.

I strongly doubt that pressure from a house tap can ever damage that radiator. I don't think a GTX is that restrictive.

[STEvil]

he plugged the outlet of the rad Iany.

[road-runner]

Most city PSI is around 60...

[iandh]

Most city PSI is around 60...

Yep, I see so many people recommending pressure testing with your tap... bad idea. Afaik most rads are pressure tested at 10-15 psi, 60psi is a huge pressure to be putting through something with walls that thin.

[IanY]

he plugged the outlet of the rad Iany.

Ooops. You are absolutely right. I stand corrected. My apologies.

[bigslappy]

so lemme get this straight - u attached the rad somehow to a normal tap in ya house, & the water pressure that the house tap put out, burst a tube in the rad??

YUP
>> didn't pop a tube but it made the flat tubes "round" pulling the fins away & spilt a seam on the side of the rad

[Movieman]

Most city PSI is around 60...

Actually where I was brought up city pressure is 100psi.
When I moved out here where we use our own well it is 60psi.
couldn't beleive the difference.
Talk about 'running around the shower to get wet!"

[bigslappy]

Most city PSI is around 60...

YUP !

That's what my house runs is about 60 PSI , I got a large greenhouse on the backside of the house & it has auto watering sys
(that's where i make the money for W/C & PC's )
& i've checked the pressure before SOO i should have known

I just wasn't thinking ! like i said i wuz burnt from the night before

and NO.... i don't grow bud's either !

[SiGfever]

Actually where I was brought up city pressure is 100psi.
When I moved out here where we use our own well it is 60psi.
couldn't beleive the difference.
Talk about 'running around the shower to get wet!"

Yes but with your tough hide it would take that much pressure.

I know, I know.... DA Book

[bigslappy]

Yep, I see so many people recommending pressure testing with your tap... bad idea. Afaik most rads are pressure tested at 10-15 psi, 60psi is a huge pressure to be putting through something with walls that thin.

Tell me about it ! As soon as heard the popping of the fins , I knew I just flushed $140 down the crapper

[tiro_uspsss]

YUP
>> didn't pop a tube but it made the flat tubes "round" pulling the fins away & spilt a seam on the side of the rad

thats... thats gay how 'weak' those tubes are

[Kilyin]

and NO.... i don't grow bud's either !

At least, not in the above ground greenhouse anyway...

[bigslappy]

I'm gonna build a pressure reducer sys for testing rads with a lab quality PSI gauge for just before the inlet nozzel this will never happen agin . testing will be done @ 8 psi from now on ...

but that's what i get for being too lazy to get a razor to cut off the hose from the barb ,grabbed what was next to me "the sissors" that i was cutting the hose with & stabbed the Rad right off