Hi, I've been building a new computer (which explains my silence in the last week or so) and today I finally received my TFC 45 degree rotary compression fittings from Dazmode and I installed them in my loops. To make this simple:
reservoir - pump - mcr320 - apogee xt (2x rotary 45) - mcr320 - ek-ud7 board block - reservoir
and
reservoir - pump - mcr320x2 - ek 5970 - reservoir
On my apogee xt, i had a leaky rotary. I'm not talking about the screw-in part, but about the actual rotary part. If I put a bit of water in tubes + 2x fittings + apogee xt and blow in one end, water comes out of the side of the fitting. This is fun, especially since I had the time to install win7, close the computer and come back an hour later to see that I now had my own version of an aquarium inside my case. Please note that my initial leak test was fine, no paper was soaked in the first 30min that I checked for it. Not a drop. Once the machine was closed, the flood began. Awesome, isn't it?
At the same time, the rotary I had used on the ek5970 block decided to give me trouble too and the tube literally pulled out of the fitting. I've never seen this happen with BP fittings which I've used extensively in the past.
Long story short, I just got done emptying 2 liters of demineralized water from my case/soaked board and drying this with paper and air dryer. I'll let it dry overnight (the computer wasn't starting but the lights were still on, hopefully I didn't fry the expensive brand new motherboad+cpu+ram).
After a quick search on the internet, I've found no information that anyone ever had a leaky 45degree fitting. Can anyone help me out here? Did I get the only freakin' leaky fitting since the dawn of times? Should I try to get it RMA'ed or just go for a different brand? (maybe bp rotary extension + compression?). The reason I needed those in the first place was to use the apogee xt with the normal configuration (alt is reduced flow) and on the 5970, the backplate is in the way so I can't use a straight fitting without getting the dremel out.
reservoir - pump - mcr320 - apogee xt (2x rotary 45) - mcr320 - ek-ud7 board block - reservoir
and
reservoir - pump - mcr320x2 - ek 5970 - reservoir
On my apogee xt, i had a leaky rotary. I'm not talking about the screw-in part, but about the actual rotary part. If I put a bit of water in tubes + 2x fittings + apogee xt and blow in one end, water comes out of the side of the fitting. This is fun, especially since I had the time to install win7, close the computer and come back an hour later to see that I now had my own version of an aquarium inside my case. Please note that my initial leak test was fine, no paper was soaked in the first 30min that I checked for it. Not a drop. Once the machine was closed, the flood began. Awesome, isn't it?
At the same time, the rotary I had used on the ek5970 block decided to give me trouble too and the tube literally pulled out of the fitting. I've never seen this happen with BP fittings which I've used extensively in the past.
Long story short, I just got done emptying 2 liters of demineralized water from my case/soaked board and drying this with paper and air dryer. I'll let it dry overnight (the computer wasn't starting but the lights were still on, hopefully I didn't fry the expensive brand new motherboad+cpu+ram).
After a quick search on the internet, I've found no information that anyone ever had a leaky 45degree fitting. Can anyone help me out here? Did I get the only freakin' leaky fitting since the dawn of times? Should I try to get it RMA'ed or just go for a different brand? (maybe bp rotary extension + compression?). The reason I needed those in the first place was to use the apogee xt with the normal configuration (alt is reduced flow) and on the 5970, the backplate is in the way so I can't use a straight fitting without getting the dremel out.
