which one would you use to replace vac lines???

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12-12-2003, 10:08 AM

Godzilla

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which one would you use to replace vac lines???

1. High-Temperature Viton Rubber Tubing
* Temperature Range: -15° to +400° F
* Color: Firm: Opaque black;
Hard: Opaque black, green, or brown
* Durometer, Shore A: Firm: 60; Hard: 75
* Tensile Strength: 1600 psi
* Elongation: Firm: 380%; Hard: 193%
* Sterilization: Not rated
* Material Meets: Not rated
* Fittings: Barbed (see pages 111-118 )

ID:4mm OD:6mm Wall:1mm $3.09 per foot

2. High-Pressure Nitrile Rubber Tubing
* Temp. Range: -40° to +220° F
* Color: Opaque black with
black nylon braid
* Durometer, Shore A: 80
* Tensile Strength: 1400 psi
* Elongation: 450%
* Sterilization: Not rated
* Material Meets: Not rated
* Fittings: Barbed
(see pages 111-118 )

ID: 5/32" OD: 9/32" Wall:1/16" $.84 per foot

The thing that concerns me about the high pressure nitrile is that it is only rated for 220°.

I'm ordering some other stuff from McMaster-Carr, so I thought I'd pick up some vac line as well, I just don't know which one to go with.

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12-12-2003, 10:23 AM

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Plain 'ol vac line.

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12-12-2003, 02:25 PM

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I always use slicone line for almost anything I can get by with

Of course some apps. dont work but I like them for ease of use, flexibility,and they can be done in almost any size and color. I never had a vacuum so strng that their flex had any effect.
Rod