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LKraven · 05-25-2001, 01:42 PM

My mistake, Michael.

I thought I'd price checked an item or two previously and saw that McMaster Carr's prices were better. Obviously, this is not the case for all the products, and my generalization was in error.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Joe recommends some quick disconnects, but the downside is that they're usually pretty bulky. You might consider using 3 way T barbs and barbed valves, but these also will be quite bulky.

I was looking at double valved quick disconnects (stops flow in both directions... typically, only the female end is valved, and the male end continues to flow) and the cheapest I found them was ~$20 per SIDE. So, it's $40 for one set, male and female. And they are also quite big and bulky.

Neil

05-25-2001, 01:42 PM	#7
LKraven Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 12	My mistake, Michael. I thought I'd price checked an item or two previously and saw that McMaster Carr's prices were better. Obviously, this is not the case for all the products, and my generalization was in error. Anyway, back to the topic at hand. Joe recommends some quick disconnects, but the downside is that they're usually pretty bulky. You might consider using 3 way T barbs and barbed valves, but these also will be quite bulky. I was looking at double valved quick disconnects (stops flow in both directions... typically, only the female end is valved, and the male end continues to flow) and the cheapest I found them was ~$20 per SIDE. So, it's $40 for one set, male and female. And they are also quite big and bulky. Neil