Troublesome weekend...

Memph · 23rd June 2002, 7:12 PM

Got myself some tygon from silverprop a few days back and installed it yesterday...

Well. Troubles galore at first..

While i was going to change the tubing from my eheim to my new tygon tubing i thought i may aswell install the barbs i got from CerealKiller for my Eheim pump.. Was screwing in the barb that gets water sucked throught it when *crack*

The bit that the barb actually screws into cracks right down the middle...

"bugger"

So i get a tie and do it as tight as i can over the crack..
But while i was testing i noticed a few drops.. It seemed to be leaking.. and then i also noticed some drops at the top barb aswell. so both of the new barbs were leaking.....

After thinking for a while what to do i got a tube of silicon stuff... which is the sort of stuff they use to seal fish tansk and all..

Pack the hole and the thread on the barb with this stuff and then screwed it in...

Waited a few hours then gave it a test run...
Tada!

Works a treat.....

I know have the tygon and the brass barbs in and everything seems to be sweet.
even a vouple of degrees better tamps as the main reason for the tygon was that i only have a midi tower. and the eheim tubing just couldnt handle the small little turns i have to make to get from 'a' to 'b'

Tygon can do it no troubles...

So after a pretty long weekend it seems to be going now and havent had a drop yet..

Tygon = siiiiiick

heh
Cheers,

pippin88 · 23rd June 2002, 7:42 PM

Next time you'll know not to force metal fittings into a plastic thread. I bet you its so easy to brake.

Good to hear the tygon is an improvement. Question is whether its worth the cost.

Predator · 23rd June 2002, 7:46 PM

My troublesome weekend was a little different. I was pulling the mb tray out of my HX08 (to install my new Cyclone 5) when I heard a rather loud crack. I couple of wires were tangled around the top of one of the memory slots, which I had now ripped off. Sure enough my 8kHA+ was dead. So I ripped the A7V out of my DVD box, but sure enough it still had an old bios on it and didn't work with my Athlon XP. So I put my duron back in, but as luck would have it I managed to crush the core when putting the heatsink on (cbf setting all the watercooling stuff just so I could flash the bios). Thus in half an hour I managed to kill both my AMD boxes.

StopShootingMe · 23rd June 2002, 7:47 PM

Quote:

Good to hear the tygon is an improvement. Question is whether its worth the cost.

Thats relative

Memph, what silicon stuff did you use? Like, Selleys All Clear, or something less permanent? And when you say the plastic cracked, do you mean the actual pump housing, in which case - sheeet

-StopShootingMe.

StopShootingMe · 23rd June 2002, 7:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Predator
My troublesome weekend was a little different. I was pulling the mb tray out of my HX08 (to install my new Cyclone 5) when I heard a rather loud crack. I couple of wires were tangled around the top of one of the memory slots, which I had now ripped off. Sure enough my 8kHA+ was dead. So I ripped the A7V out of my DVD box, but sure enough it still had an old bios on it and didn't work with my Athlon XP. So I put my duron back in, but as luck would have it I managed to crush the core when putting the heatsink on (cbf setting all the watercooling stuff just so I could flash the bios). Thus in half an hour I managed to kill both my AMD boxes.

Shit thats bloody rough for you mate...

You should go get hammered, and have a toast to your old hardware

Stoodoo · 23rd June 2002, 7:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Predator
My troublesome weekend was a little different. I was pulling the mb tray out of my HX08 (to install my new Cyclone 5) when I heard a rather loud crack. I couple of wires were tangled around the top of one of the memory slots, which I had now ripped off. Sure enough my 8kHA+ was dead. So I ripped the A7V out of my DVD box, but sure enough it still had an old bios on it and didn't work with my Athlon XP. So I put my duron back in, but as luck would have it I managed to crush the core when putting the heatsink on (cbf setting all the watercooling stuff just so I could flash the bios). Thus in half an hour I managed to kill both my AMD boxes.

OMFG

On the bright side of things, looks like you'll be upgrading

(I actually feel your pain.. sort of)

Cheers

Memph · 23rd June 2002, 8:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by StopShootingMe

Thats relative

Memph, what silicon stuff did you use? Like, Selleys All Clear, or something less permanent? And when you say the plastic cracked, do you mean the actual pump housing, in which case - sheeet

-StopShootingMe.

I will check that out for you... It was just a white tube that said Silcon in red

And no its not the actual housing itself..
The bit where the barb screws into comes out and is totally seperate...
when the silicon sets. i guess it may be a semi perminent thing. but i dont mind..
i am not planning on taking that barb out anytime soon....

Predator · 23rd June 2002, 11:31 PM

Yeah, if I can't pull a warrenty scam it'll be new mobo time for me.

artofkicking · 24th June 2002, 12:28 AM

Sounds like a weekend many of us have experienced at least once. No worries once you get past the money it costs, all will be well (and newer

)

Mred32 · 24th June 2002, 2:02 AM

...And I thought my lawn mower breaking down was bad.
Feel sad for you guys...

Mred!

Memph · 25th June 2002, 7:47 PM

just a quick reminder that there is some tygon for sale over here
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...threadid=69176
for about 5 - 10 bucks cheaper than if you were to buy from a shop
i only have just over 1.5 metres of it. but is is as brand new as you can get

23rd June 2002, 7:12 PM	#1
Memph Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: croydon.melb.vic.au Posts: 2,007	Troublesome weekend... Got myself some tygon from silverprop a few days back and installed it yesterday... Well. Troubles galore at first.. While i was going to change the tubing from my eheim to my new tygon tubing i thought i may aswell install the barbs i got from CerealKiller for my Eheim pump.. Was screwing in the barb that gets water sucked throught it when crack The bit that the barb actually screws into cracks right down the middle... "bugger" So i get a tie and do it as tight as i can over the crack.. But while i was testing i noticed a few drops.. It seemed to be leaking.. and then i also noticed some drops at the top barb aswell. so both of the new barbs were leaking..... After thinking for a while what to do i got a tube of silicon stuff... which is the sort of stuff they use to seal fish tansk and all.. Pack the hole and the thread on the barb with this stuff and then screwed it in... Waited a few hours then gave it a test run... Tada! Works a treat..... I know have the tygon and the brass barbs in and everything seems to be sweet. even a vouple of degrees better tamps as the main reason for the tygon was that i only have a midi tower. and the eheim tubing just couldnt handle the small little turns i have to make to get from 'a' to 'b' Tygon can do it no troubles... So after a pretty long weekend it seems to be going now and havent had a drop yet.. Tygon = siiiiiick heh Cheers, __________________ OCAU Night Owl Trading since '01 [OCAU Golf Addict Member#32 Weapons of choice:Nike VR Pro Combo]

23rd June 2002, 7:42 PM	#2
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24th June 2002, 2:02 AM	#10
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25th June 2002, 7:47 PM	#11
Memph Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: croydon.melb.vic.au Posts: 2,007	just a quick reminder that there is some tygon for sale over here http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...threadid=69176 for about 5 - 10 bucks cheaper than if you were to buy from a shop i only have just over 1.5 metres of it. but is is as brand new as you can get __________________ OCAU Night Owl Trading since '01 [OCAU Golf Addict Member#32 Weapons of choice:Nike VR Pro Combo]

24th June 2002, 12:28 AM	#9
artofkicking Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 467	Sounds like a weekend many of us have experienced at least once. No worries once you get past the money it costs, all will be well (and newer )