Flex PVC questions

[Delphinus]

1. Is it always braided?

2. Can you join flex-PVC to the regular PVC (the white rigid piping) using the standard PVC cement? (The pink smelly cleaning compound and the grey smelly cementing goo... these are the technical terms! :D )

3. Flex PVC is a completely different thing than clear vinyl tubing? Or is it?

[Troy F]

Originally posted by delphinus:
Um ... so this stuff I was looking at today is clear, but has white criss-crossing (hence the name "braided"). So this is not the kind of stuff I want to use??

... I thought the braiding was some kind of method to prevent collapsing of the tubing (which pretty much always happens to me when I use the clear vinyl tubing..)

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tony, the white, criss-crossed braids are to prevent collapse in pressure situations ie., intake to pump. Flex-PVC is a different animal all together. The braided hose requires hose barb fittings and hose clamps. Flex-PVC can be joined to all sched 40 or 80 fittings with cement but the clear vinyl can't. HTHACUTC ;)

[Delphinus]

Flex-PVC is a different animal all together. The braided hose requires hose barb fittings and hose clamps. Flex-PVC can be joined to all sched 40 or 80 fittings with cement but the clear vinyl can't.

Crap. So I guess I shouldn't have bought this stuff. (The guy at the plastics store told me I could use the PVC cement, but I don't know, I just don't get the sense that he knew what he was talking about.) :(

HTHACUTC

No idea what the "ACUTC" means?

[Troy F]

No idea what the "ACUTC" means?

I was just fooling around: and clears up the confusion [img]smile.gif[/img] . Ironic wasn't it.