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Best way to keep tubing in place

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While I was slightly pulling out my bay resevoir, a tube came off the cpu block and drenched my case. I got everything dry for a day with a fan and everything works. I put zip ties (cable ties) around the tubing and barbs tightly. Should that be enough to keep them in place?

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Zip ties will work as long as they aren't some extremely cheapo flimsy ones. But compression fittings, man. Much better than barbed fittings and they're worth the money.

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Zip ties will work as long as they aren't some extremely cheapo flimsy ones. But compression fittings, man. Much better than barbed fittings and they're worth the money.

I used the ones that came with my water cooling kit

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wait how did your tubing "come off" ?

Are you not using compression fittings? 

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wait how did your tubing "come off" ?

Are you not using compression fittings? 

Nope, he said he's using barbed.

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Nope, he said he's using barbed.

 

barbed... shudders... yuck!  ;)  ALWAYS use compressions imo.

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wait how did your tubing "come off" ?

Are you not using compression fittings?

I used the ones that came with my water cooling kit

Turns out that my kit came with clamps that hold the tubing in place so they don't come out but I forgot to put them on. Please call me an idiot I deserve it

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Turns out that my kit came with clamps that hold the tubing in place so they don't come out but I forgot to put them on. Please call me an idiot I deserve it

 

Idiot. :P 

 

You can also get fittings that are slightly bigger than the tubing you're using if you want to avoid using hose clamps. 

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