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Tygon tubing width?

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makshim

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I'm looking to invest in some Tygon tubing, and have found a deal on 1/2 ID 1.5 OD. Now the 1.5 OD scares me a little... You guys think that's ridiculous? and would it fit on a whitewater?
 
1.5" outer diameter? As in, the tubing wall is .5" thick?
 
makshim said:
Yeah does that sound a little large?
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yeah. Way large. The tubing wall on the tygon I've got in my case is no where near that thick. I'm guessing it's 1/8th thick, which puts my OD at .75". I can't imagine using tubing any thicker than that, you'd never get it to make a bend!
 
Mark305TBI said:
yeah. Way large. The tubing wall on the tygon I've got in my case is no where near that thick. I'm guessing it's 1/8th thick, which puts my OD at .75". I can't imagine using tubing any thicker than that, you'd never get it to make a bend!
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Had a good deal on it too... possibly 30 bucks for 50 feet... Do you know where I could buy that UV reactive blue tubing? I've been looking everywhere! :eek:
 
its better than vinyl and pvc tubing.....not as good clearflex and nowhere near as good as tygon...but it would get you by on a budget....id use swiftech's coolsleeves with it to prevent kinking....

not to hijack this or anything....but how do you think blue UV coolsleeves (http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/tsl-01.html) would look over green UV dyed water... and the coolsleeves would be coiled loosely so you can still see the green....think it would look good?
 
makshim said:
Had a good deal on it too... possibly 30 bucks for 50 feet... Do you know where I could buy that UV reactive blue tubing? I've been looking everywhere! :eek:
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Here is a good place to get the tubing you want.
 
I have tygon with 1/4" diameter walls, and it's pretty thick....still is quite flexible but I wouldn't put anything larger than 1/4" walls in my system.
 
Maximus825 said:
That stuff just seems cheap to me. I wouldn't put it in my system...
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A couple of months ago I bought 20 feet (6 meter) of 1/2" blue Danger Den UV tubing and use it in my system:
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I have to say I'm very pleased with it so far.

These are the different 1/2" tubings I have (and used):
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From upper to lower:
- 1/16" wall silicone tubing (bought locally). This is still my favorite but the coolant evaporate rather quickly through the silicone.
- 1/8" wall DD blue UV tubing (=Primoflex from Primochill).
- 1/8" wall R-3603 Tygon tubing (Danger Den).
- 1/16" wall R-3603 Tygon tubing (BeCooling). This 1/16 stuff kinks way too easily.

The DD UV tubing is as soft as the 1/16" wall Tygon (the 1/8 wall Tygon is less soft), but less than the 1/16" silicone tubing.
To the touch is has a feeling somewhere between Tygon and silicone tubing.
It does't kink easily, it's like the 1/8" Tygon, which means very good.


CD :)
 
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