Prevent cheap tubing kinking?

JonJ678

JonJ678

JonJ678

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Hey. Against common sense and general advice, I bought rubbish plastic tubing to connect watercooling things together. Consequently it kinks.

Is there anything I can do (preferably at negligible cost) to stop this? I've had a go with cable ties, but with little success.

Cheers
 
Once the tube is kinked - it's bin it, or trim it.
Get the good stuff, but not at watercooling shop prices.

google "18 Types of Tubing Reviewed" - is a good place to start, so you know what to use and why.
 
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All tubing kinks, surely? The thick-walled stuff just doesn't look like like it's kinked. Having to force a tube into shape with coils says to me you need to replan the loop order. The order of the blocks in the loop makes very little difference, and you undo any improvement you get from having minimised tubing length by having tight bends in the loop.

I tend to get my tubing from the plumbers merchant or Pirtek now. Swaged ends are the new black.
 
I used to use cable ties on the piping (about 5mm spacing)... cable tie the piping as tight as you can (without crushing the pipe) and it should help to maintain the shape a bit better!
 
WJA96 said:
All tubing kinks, surely? The thick-walled stuff just doesn't look like like it's kinked. Having to force a tube into shape with coils says to me you need to replan the loop order. The order of the blocks in the loop makes very little difference, and you undo any improvement you get from having minimised tubing length by having tight bends in the loop.

I tend to get my tubing from the plumbers merchant or Pirtek now. Swaged ends are the new black.
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Yes I agree, just plan the loop better. I have never had to use coils even with 1/2" id tubing in a Shuttle system.
 
A few thoughts from someone who researched this heavily then ignored most advice.

Compression fittings suck. They twist the tubing as you tighten, which causes kinks.
Reservoirs/t lines are actually a very good idea
Removable motherboard trays are fantastic
Blue Feser one is definitely copper sulphate. I've just drunk a significant volume of it.
Cheap tubing will kink. But at least the hundreds of tiny cut offs don't matter.

Going so well
 
Yeah, seen. I'm using 10/8mm tubing though, and the choice was tygon or brandless. I've temporarily solved the kinking problem by using massive loops of tubing. Succeeded in setting up my first loop without reservoir or t line, but I do feel slightly ill.

Loop is also ridiculously lopsided. With the gfx card overclocked and running furmark, fans spinning slowly, the gfx temp now goes up by 4 degrees. Definitely need to introduce more things into this loop.
 
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