3/8" npt in G3/8?

[beaver]

I have a thermochill pa160 that has 3/8" bspp threadding. What should i do?

[jaydee]

So the problem is you can't find 3/8bsp threaded connectors? If so: http://www.petrastechshop.com/tubing.html

[Marci]

They're outta stock d00d...

McMaster do 3/8" BSPP threaded fittings. Thermochill.com and over-clock.com can both internationally ship G3/8" O-ring fittings.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by Marci

They're outta stock d00d...

Starting to wonder if Cooltechnica/AquaXtreme is still in business. On their homepage they say no more orders from their own store.

So the Thermochill rads don't come with pre-installed fittings or even non installed fittings?

[Marci]

ThermoChill rads come with a 3/8" BSP hole, and have done for the past 6 or so years. Nothing's changed there. The resellers choose whether they want fittings from us with the rads or not. The resellers choose whether to bundle fittings in or not. The resellers choose WHICH fittings to bundle and from where. They all have the option to purchase our G3/8" O-Ring fittings alongside the rads, but none do.

Cooltechnica/AquaXtreme's site has said that for at least 6 months now afaik.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by Marci

ThermoChill rads come with a 3/8" BSP hole, and have done for the past 6 or so years. Nothing's changed there. The resellers choose whether they want fittings from us with the rads or not. The resellers choose whether to bundle fittings in or not. The resellers choose WHICH fittings to bundle and from where. They all have the option to purchase our G3/8" O-Ring fittings alongside the rads, but none do.

Cooltechnica/AquaXtreme's site has said that for at least 6 months now afaik.

Sounds short sighted on their part. People like things ready to go when they get them. Especially for US customers that can't easily find BSP fittings.

[Marci]

They do, but on the flipside, we have customers who purchase items that come with 1/2" barbs in the box sealed from the manufacturer. We have customers who will email in and ask for those barbs to be removed as they already have some that'll fit it and expect a price saving thru having them removed... with profit margins being so low in this game at the moment, we end up selling blocks for cost and sitting on a pile of fittings that don't sell particularly quickly...

Can't please everyone... wish we could. If we stick our fittings in with the rads, retail price in US will go up by $9USD per radiator. No easy solution. Well.... there is. There are machine shops in US that'll happily make the required fittings... Cooltechnica found em. D-Tek also altho Danny's dragging his heels getting them to market (we first enq'd about having some made up back in January). Think Alex @ Petras is investigating this at the mo with intention of producing his own...

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by Marci

They do, but on the flipside, we have customers who purchase items that come with 1/2" barbs in the box sealed from the manufacturer. We have customers who will email in and ask for those barbs to be removed as they already have some that'll fit it and expect a price saving thru having them removed... with profit margins being so low in this game at the moment, we end up selling blocks for cost and sitting on a pile of fittings that don't sell particularly quickly...

Can't please everyone... wish we could. If we stick our fittings in with the rads, retail price in US will go up by $9USD per radiator. No easy solution.

$9USD? for $2-3USD worth of connectors? What kind of overhead do you guys have that adds that extra cost? Maybe that's why profits are so slim?

Sure glad I stayed out of the business.

[Marci]

We're in the UK. They don't cost $2-3 USD from sources here.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by Marci

We're in the UK. They don't cost $2-3 USD from sources here.

Thats crazy. I used to get them wholsale for $.33 a peice per 100. I had a local machine shop that would make the one's with the o-ring for $1.00 a peice per 1000 with whatever thread I wanted.

And people complain about stuff being to expensive here (USA) and moving their business to India, China and Mexico.

You guys got it tough over there.

[beaver]

any idea how long it usually takes for something shipped from the UK to arrive stateside?

Thanks.

[Marci]

Depends how it was sent... by courier - usually within 4 working days at most. By RoyalMail / regular post... anything up to 2 weeks.