by db1979 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:10 pm
I use 19 mm vinyl clear tubing from bunnings. Yeah it doesn't like going round corners (it does kink), but if you get the lengths right (and it's easy to cut) and use elbows where needed then it works well. You can see where there are air pockets and it's easy to join to the 19 mm irrigation fittings, which there are heaps of different types including valves and snap connectors.
I've never had it not hold pressure, but I only use a 35 W water feature pump.
Even on stripping runs it doesn't get hot enough to collapse, but I've made sure there's no slack bits in the lines.
By the way, when I say it's easy to join to 19 mm fittings, soak the last half inch of the tubing in hot water for 20 seconds and it goes on easy and makes an excellent seal. No leaks.
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db1979 on Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:11 pm, edited 1 time in total.