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Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:54 AM (permalink)

This is what happens to clear tubing after about 3-4 weeks of nonstop use. Distilled water used as coolant, silver kill coil for anti-microbial purposes. No coloring, dyes, any other chemicals... discolored tubing in the middle, original unused tubing surrounding it. Tubing by XSPC.

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shrekdaklown Total Posts : 797 Joined: 9/4/2011 Location: columbus, oh Status: offline Ribbons: 4 Folding: 777,426	Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:37 AM (permalink) discolored by heat its a common issue with clear tubing bulldozer had a bad motor but i hope pile-driver is a giant killer dont forget to show my modrig some lovins guys http://www.modsrigs.com/detail.aspx?BuildID=28174
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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:48 AM (permalink)

It's not heat, it's the plasticizer.

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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:34 PM (permalink)

yup, mine looks the same way. it took only 2 weeks to get there hehe ...

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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 1:19 PM (permalink)

i purchased some stuff from sidewindercomputs that was for dairy and food. It hasn't changed yet. I did the other loop in some different stuff, and it turned right away. This stuff has worked pretty well so far.

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EVGATech_DaveB Total Posts : 2315 Joined: 9/26/2008 Status: offline Ribbons: 24 Folding: 613,968	Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 1:48 PM (permalink) Cheaper stuff I have had that problem before, I have some medical grade stuff that didn't show color nearly as bad.
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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 2:23 PM (permalink)

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i purchased some stuff from sidewindercomputs that was for dairy and food. It hasn't changed yet. I did the other loop in some different stuff, and it turned right away. This stuff has worked pretty well so far.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tybfomiandda3.html

WOW that stuff is expensive, $3 per foot!!

I guess my next tubing upgrade would be some PrimoChill ones, as I've heard better things about those than the XSPC ones that I got. My current one is UV red anyways, so I won't see the discoloration

Doesn't bother me as long as it doesn't affect performance!

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RainStryke Total Posts : 12445 Joined: 7/19/2007 Location: Kansas Status: offline Ribbons: 36	Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 2:24 PM (permalink) I never had issues with mine till I started using red dye.
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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:31 PM (permalink)

RainStryke

I never had issues with mine till I started using red dye.

Stains?

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RainStryke Total Posts : 12445 Joined: 7/19/2007 Location: Kansas Status: offline Ribbons: 36	Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 3:55 PM (permalink) direraptor22 RainStryke I never had issues with mine till I started using red dye. Stains? Yeah, I used the dye cause it had other chemicals in it to stop fungus and corrosion.
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Don Karnage Total Posts : 251 Joined: 6/2/2012 Status: offline	Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 20, 2012 6:20 PM (permalink) I've always used the Lowe's stuff for like .45 cents a foot. takes about a month to discolor but i don't care.
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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:14 AM (permalink)

+1 to Primochill LRT.
I've had some clear tubing in my loop for a year and there is no apparent discoloration.

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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:16 AM (permalink)

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i purchased some stuff from sidewindercomputs that was for dairy and food. It hasn't changed yet. I did the other loop in some different stuff, and it turned right away. This stuff has worked pretty well so far.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tybfomiandda3.html

WOW that stuff is expensive, $3 per foot!! I guess my next tubing upgrade would be some PrimoChill ones, as I've heard better things about those than the XSPC ones that I got. My current one is UV red anyways, so I won't see the discoloration Doesn't bother me as long as it doesn't affect performance!

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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:35 PM (permalink)

last night I stripped my case off everything (prepping for some work). I took a picture of my stock xspc clear tubing .... ewwww, looks ugly when there is no water in it:

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Re:Why you shouldn't use clear tubing Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:51 PM (permalink)

LOL, yeah, it looks actually uglier in the pic than in real

ehehe my cell phone camera shifts colors a bit if lighting is poor (it was)
when water was flowing it was only smoked (whitish, not greenish-brownish like in the pic).

that's probably the ugliest pic I have taken so far