How Tight

Hayleywow · 31 Dec 2009 at 20:11

Hi Guys

I'm sorry if this question has been answered before, but I was unable to find any info on it.

I'm starting my first watercooling rig soon, and I have had many questions answered already, appart from this one, might be a silly question but here goes

How tight do the barbs have to be, do you do them up with a spanner???? or just hand tight????

Thanks guys

Hay

Jokester · 31 Dec 2009 at 20:20

I always use hand tight, then a 1/4 turn with a spanner.

PermaBanned · 31 Dec 2009 at 20:23

As above, you shouldn't be able to remove them using your hands.

Hayleywow · 31 Dec 2009 at 20:30

What happens if you over tighten them???

Will it break something or leak etc?

BigRazer93 · 1 Jan 2010 at 00:35

If you overtighten, I'm guessing you would split the barb or split the block.

Jokester · 1 Jan 2010 at 00:39

Acrylic tops are reasonable easy to crack by overtightening, but even still you wuold need to really overdo it. Most other materials are pretty resiliant.

RJC · 1 Jan 2010 at 01:43

Done mine up reasonable tight with a spanner, you have to be fairly heavy handed to brake something.

JonJ678 · 1 Jan 2010 at 12:44

I've cracked an acrylic top of a cpu block, don't think I put unreasonable torque on it. Solution I've found is to stop using transparent plastics and move to acetal/delrin, no issues with these yet.

I could just tighten a bit less, but this doesn't seem to work out in practice. May need to start using a torque wrench on them