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Over tightening a fitting?

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  • Overclocking
  • Water Cooling
  • Motherboards
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February 26, 2014 12:56:50 PM

Hello! I am just wondering is it bad to tight a hose clamp to much?

I just bought the G1 Sniper 5 motherboard and wanted to use the water cooling option for the vrms. However the built in barbs are too small for my 3/8 ID 5/8 OD tubing. I decided to take a hose clamp and tighten the tube down to size. However I did not tighten it enough and it leaked. I tightened it some more and now its not leaking. However I'm concerned if its bad for the tubing.

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a b K Overclocking
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February 26, 2014 1:06:07 PM

They should fit, I am about 95% certain the barbs are 3/8 ID. In any case, in the event they do not fit then yea SOP would be to tighten the hose clamp.
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February 26, 2014 1:10:07 PM

@Deuce65 what means SOP?
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February 26, 2014 1:14:11 PM

w0rmh0lez said:
@Deuce65 what means SOP?


I'm guessing SOP means Standard Operating Procedure.
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a b K Overclocking
a b V Motherboard
February 26, 2014 1:27:51 PM

Right. It won't hurt anything.
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a c 163 K Overclocking
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February 26, 2014 1:28:32 PM

If you get the clamp so tight that the tubing is squeezing out of the sides of the clamp band, the band can cut the tubing, leading to a hose failure.

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