will this work?

[seba7661]

[Yatys 93]

I would imagine it will work to start with, but will leak after a while due to lateral pressure on the fittings, maybe creating a gap on the o-ring inside the fitting?

[seba7661]

26 minutes ago, Yatys 93 said:

I would imagine it will work to start with, but will leak after a while due to lateral pressure on the fittings, maybe creating a gap on the o-ring inside the fitting?

the thing is even though i put the smallest extender i have(8mm) then it gets to high instead of to small. so i have no idea on how to do this

[derr12]

id go with straight fittings on the blocks. then 2 90 degree compression fitting elbows.  either that or use two different sized extenders

[Yatys 93]

 

12 minutes ago, seba7661 said:

the thing is even though i put the smallest extender i have(8mm) then it gets to high instead of to small. so i have no idea on how to do this

you could try and bend either a 90 or maybe a 180, although not sure you could get the radius tight enough, have the fittings point away from each other and then the tube would come in straight to each fitting, while being able to drop a little on the way round, kind of like the flat run in mine, all be it not soft tubing and I had more space, see if that works?

[seba7661]

1 minute ago, Yatys 93 said:

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im not doing any bends in my build. trying to go for something unique. so no that won work. i just dont get why its not same hight. as its bot made from ek.,

[seba7661]

11 minutes ago, derr12 said:

id go with straight fittings on the blocks. then 2 90 degree compression fitting elbows.  either that or use two different sized extenders

extenders dont work. and i dont get what you mean by the other option

[Yatys 93]

4 minutes ago, seba7661 said:

extenders dont work. and i dont get what you mean by the other option

I think he means it would go block, straight fitting with a very short tube going up, 90 fitting across then repeat down, but with slightly longer tube

[seba7661]

1 minute ago, Yatys 93 said:

I think he means it would go block, straight fitting with a very short tube going up, 90 fitting across then repeat down, but with slightly longer tube

dont have enough fittings for that. 

[Yatys 93]

1 minute ago, seba7661 said:

dont have enough fittings for that. 

what have you got?

[seba7661]

Just now, Yatys 93 said:

what have you got?

pretty much only those 2 in the pic and like 3 extenders. and nothing works. i thought the mobo block and cpu block would be save hight. as they are both made from ek

[Yatys 93]

whats the order of the rest of the loop, could you do something different to avoid that connection, I just feel that sooner or later the outer edge is gonna leak on one of those fittings, where the internal o-ring is being pushed.

[seba7661]

24 minutes ago, Yatys 93 said:

whats the order of the rest of the loop, could you do something different to avoid that connection, I just feel that sooner or later the outer edge is gonna leak on one of those fittings, where the internal o-ring is being pushed.

Not really. No matter what will the mobo come before cpu

[tikker]

1 hour ago, derr12 said:

id go with straight fittings on the blocks. then 2 90 degree compression fitting elbows.  either that or use two different sized extenders

I second this, as it preserves the look you are going for.

1 hour ago, seba7661 said:

dont have enough fittings for that. 

Buy more then. This happens often enough. You think something will work, but once you actually start it you find out it just doesn't. I overlooked one corner as well so I had to order a single 90 degree extra.

[seba7661]

12 minutes ago, tikker said:

I second this, as it preserves the look you are going for.

Buy more then. This happens often enough. You think something will work, but once you actually start it you find out it just doesn't. I overlooked one corner as well so I had to order a single 90 degree extra.

which fitting will i then need. i tried to extend it with the smallest extender fitting i could find. and that was to much...

[tikker]

7 minutes ago, seba7661 said:

which fitting will i then need. i tried to extend it with the smallest extender fiiting i could find. to much...

Hmm apparently EK doesn't have one of those nice 90 degree bend fittings so you could do with these:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hdc-fitting-12mm-g1-4-nickel

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-af-angled-90-2f-g1-4-nickel

 

Have straight fittings coming out of the blocks and connect them to two 90 degree constructions with tubing.

 

[seba7661]

2 minutes ago, tikker said:

Hmm apparently EK doesn't have one of those nice 90 degree bend fittings so you could do with these:

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-hdc-fitting-12mm-g1-4-nickel

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-af-angled-90-2f-g1-4-nickel

 

Have straight fittings coming out of the blocks and connect them to two 90 degree constructions with tubing.

 

could do that yes. i just think it might get a little to long out. idk though. really hoped this would work somehow..

[tikker]

2 minutes ago, seba7661 said:

could do that yes. i just think it might get a little to long out. idk though. really hoped this would work somehow..

Is even this one too thick?

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-csq-extender-8mm-g1-4-nickel

[seba7661]

5 minutes ago, tikker said:

Is even this one too thick?

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-csq-extender-8mm-g1-4-nickel

yup. thats the one i ordered.. it reall is only 2-3 mil to high..

 

[seba7661]

@tikker

i now made a longer piece of pipe and made it go all the way into the fitting and fastened them as much as i could. its pretty hard to move. but i dont know if it still will work. it does not look as extreme irl

[AngryBeaver]

16 minutes ago, seba7661 said:

@tikker

i now made a longer piece of pipe and made it go all the way into the fitting and fastened them as much as i could. its pretty hard to move. but i dont know if it still will work. it does not look as extreme irl

What people are suggesting makes more sense if you want to avoid possible leak issues.

 

Run a straight fitting out of both of those items. Then measure the difference in the height. Cut two small pieces of hard tubing with one having the difference subtracted from it.  So now you have one piece slightly longer that would go on the left, and one slightly shorted that would go on the right.  Then you would run 2 -90 degree elbows at the top, and then one little piece of hard tubing to connect them.  This would give you the right height and preserve the look you are going for.

 

This is very crude and is a terrible example, but hopefully gets the point they are making across.

 

[seba7661]

5 minutes ago, AngryBeaver said:

What people are suggesting makes more sense if you want to avoid possible leak issues.

 

Run a straight fitting out of both of those items. Then measure the difference in the height. Cut two small pieces of hard tubing with one having the difference subtracted from it.  So now you have one piece slightly longer that would go on the left, and one slightly shorted that would go on the right.  Then you would run 2 -90 degree elbows at the top, and then one little peice of hard tubing to connect them.  This would give you the right height and preserve the look you are going for.

well f*ck. really wanted to avoid. that. well guess i need to order more fittings then..

[seba7661]

16 minutes ago, AngryBeaver said:

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i played round with fittings. and made this. 20mm on one side and 2x 8mm on other side.

[derr12]

Yay! that looks right!

[seba7661]

11 minutes ago, derr12 said:

Yay! that looks right!

need 4 extra 8mm fittings. going to order them soon