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General Liquid/Water Cooling Discussion For discussion about Full Cooling System kits, or general cooling topics. Keep specific cooling items like pumps, radiators, etc... in their specific forums. |
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Cooling Savant
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Pa - USA
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Home Depot only has the basics, like a 1/2" barb with a huge 1/2" pipe thread, so..
I'm looking for a good(& cheap) source for high quality hose barbs. Preferably a shorter thread length and small overall diameter. (like a 1/2" barb with 3/8" threads & a 1/2" "nut" or so) I've been looking around, but if anyone knows a good source, it would save me some time. ![]() Have a few solid designs on paper, all aimed at low flow restriction, max surface area, and good turbulence. The possibilities are starting to open up since I just: [list=1][*]Ordered a drill press (it's a start ![]() I should start hanging out with the famlily more often ![]() |
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Cooling Savant
Join Date: May 2002
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Locally your best bet will be plumbing supply warehouses. In bigger cities, they're common. Forget it in smaller towns (<100K-ish). Online, www.mcmaster.com has anything and everything you could want. Shipping is reasonable unless you only want a couple of fittings.
You'll be hard pressed to find nipples with extremely short thread lengths as they're simply not standard. Gotta do a little cutting on your own for those. |
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Thermophile
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az
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Acehardware has a lot for such a modest sized hardware store. Check them out if you have any locally.
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Hottest Stank of them All
Join Date: Mar 2002
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www.usplastic.com has lots of parts, although plastic & not brass (I don't think).
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Does a radioactive cat have 18 half lifes? --Kenny my pimpin' rig: ...previously poorly cooled... 486DX-2 66mhz @ 75mhz, 4Mb ram, shared, 256Mb hard drive Onboard VGA, watercooled, of course 16-color monitor, labtec speakers, 28kbs USRobotics modem Windows XP (think about it) Maze 3, DDen GF3 block, Eheim 1250, econoline van HC, 1/2" hose w/ 5/8" fittings Comair 172mm fan |
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Put up or Shut Up
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Spokane WA
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Also do not forget Auto Parts stores. They usually carry a decent range of barbs. I found some 3/8"ID and 1/2"ID 1/4" NPT barbs at NAPA the other day. They were around $2.75 a pc. though.
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Cooling Savant
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Pa - USA
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Thanks guys
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