mvmiller12
[H]ard|Gawd
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- Aug 7, 2011
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Thanks for the info.
I was having hell getting accurate measurements.
I found out they sell compound slotted rulers for measuring fitting distance. I’ll pick one of those up and setup a jig on a board.
I went through 3 500 mm tubes before I had one that worked. Ended up just eyeballing it and tweaking with the heat gun to make it fit, so that I could test the temps and use it for work until I order more pipe and the measurement tool.
It was a blast though. Started at 4pm and finished bleeding the loop at 6am. Totally lost track of time.
Can’t wait to get a block for the 4090… that chungus was limiting my rad and pump placement.
Welcome to a new fun and addictive hobby While it is expensive in aggregate, the parts you buy will last damn near forever and if you build your loop right, upgrades can be fully as easy as with an air-cooled rig.
Personally, I never had any luck with the PETG tubing and bends, so I got into glass tubing. It's not dramatically more expensive than the PETG, and you can buy glass tubing with a 90-bend in it easily. As long as you remember to "measure twice and cut once" and to buy fittings 1mm larger than your advertised tubing Outer Diameter (glass tubing OD can vary a little along the same tube) you won't have any problems with it. Glass has the added benefit of being "unstainable" and easy to clean. PETG stains and gets cloudy over time. I was able to reuse all of the glass from my wife's last build in her new build except for two runs, so the glass is pretty easy to reuse as well.