Clippard Parts partII

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:08 am

http://www.clippard.com/

But Ill warn you, its a little comfusing

DonkeyFish · Post by **DonkeyFish** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:27 pm

Sweet. That's not confusing...shoot. All you have to do is think like the folks who put it together!

Looks like lots of fun gadgets and tools on there. Could be trouble.....

THANKS!

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:10 pm

Anyone know which tubing is the CO2 proof? Is it the urethane or the polyethylene?

Here is a chart that I found on tubing

http://www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/tech ... tle=Search

ingg · Post by **ingg** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:13 pm

Crap, I have clippard tubing for CO2, I'll post it tonight, let me get the kids on bed and go read the side of it...

There is another tubing that works too, but it is stiff, I like the clippard stuff a lot more.

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:18 pm

I have some of the real stiff stuff, its good to know the clippard isnt as hard. Its a real PITA putting it on a glass diffusor the first few times

DelawareJim · Post by **DelawareJim** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:30 pm

I don't know if it's worth the extra money and frustration for the CO2 proof. I know the regular silicone tubing "leaks" CO2, but I recall a study that I think was posted on the Krib back in the day that found the loss was negligible. After breaking the barb off an Aqualine Buschke CO2 reactor, I decided I could afford loosing a couple ounces of CO2 over the life of a 10 pound tank.

Cheers.
Jim

ingg · Post by **ingg** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:24 pm

7% per foot, or something along those lines, of silicone tubing.... might not be exact, but it is close.

Enough that it makes it hard to control simply by bubble count kinds thing, given a decent length of line.... like for my basement, that'd be a lot of loss for several of the runs.

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:30 pm

Silicone is the worst and the regular vinyl or nylon cracks and yellows over time from the CO2. I believe the loss is around 6% over a foot of tubing. So over several feet you are losing quite a bit of tubing.

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:42 pm

Sorry Dave we must have been typing @ the same time, I had to google vinyl to see how to spell it! Man that is a funny word! You know when you type something and it looks really weird, they you try different variations of it! Yes that is me and the word vinyl!

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:09 pm

You want the urethane tubing Jeff. It's pretty stiff so be careful using glassware with it.

Clippard Parts partII

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