Linking hardline to softline tubing?

irtuk

irtuk

irtuk

Associate
Joined
26 Sep 2008
Posts
151
Hey.

I am in the process of designing and speccing up a new build and I want to use hardline tubing in the machine for the aesthetics however the radiator is mounted on the outside of my house in a little lean-to shed where it's always nice and cool.

What I want to do is have a link from the hardline, which will come out of the back of the machine, into a softline tubing, which allows me to move the case around on casters and gives me about a foot of wiggle room.

Even better would be a component that allowed me to quick-release the case from the radiators without too much spillage.

The hardline is this stuff and for the softline, anything goes really, so long as it goes into the g14 thread fittings on the radiator.

Out of the vast array of components can someone help me home in on what I need?

-Ed
 
Is something like this female to female G14 fitting going to work, so I put a hardline fitting on the end of the hardline tubing, fit the female-female on the end of it, then fit the quick release onto the other side of the female-female?

Having done that I just put the other side of the quick release onto the softline tube.

?
 
It could, but it's not the most convenient way, nor the most solid.

I'd drill a hole in the panel and use a bulkhead/passthrough fitting, screw the hardline fitting into that and then attach a quick disconnect with a male G1/4 fitting into the other side.
The other half of the quick disconnect can have either a female G1/4 to attach your softline compression fitting of choice, or have it's own built in.
This is what I did on my last build to link to an external rad.

I'd link to parts, but OcUK's QDC range isn't the most comprehensive.

I can post a pic of some bits shortly if that helps?

ED:
See the lower left tubing/fitting here
That's going into a passthrough fitting like this (out of stock, but you get the idea) and the QDCs on the other side are Koolance QD3 MSG4 and QD3 FSG4 with a normal compression fitting screwed in for the soft tubing.
 
Last edited:
For quick releases you could look into the Koolance QD3 line, I use those to detach the GPUs and CPU from the rest of the cooling system, and they work great imo.

Just be careful with the black ones as they have been known to contaminate the coolant with paint residue.
 
Uncle Petey said:
It could, but it's not the most convenient way, nor the most solid.

I'd drill a hole in the panel and use a bulkhead/passthrough fitting, screw the hardline fitting into that and then attach a quick disconnect with a male G1/4 fitting into the other side.
The other half of the quick disconnect can have either a female G1/4 to attach your softline compression fitting of choice, or have it's own built in.
This is what I did on my last build to link to an external rad.

I'd link to parts, but OcUK's QDC range isn't the most comprehensive.

I can post a pic of some bits shortly if that helps?

ED:
See the lower left tubing/fitting here
That's going into a passthrough fitting like this (out of stock, but you get the idea) and the QDCs on the other side are Koolance QD3 MSG4 and QD3 FSG4 with a normal compression fitting screwed in for the soft tubing.
Click to expand...

This is the way I would do it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom