View Full Version : best way to attach vinyl tubing to submersiable pump?
Milad
06-08-2010, 07:27 AM
whats best way to to attach the vinyl tubing to a pump? I cant use the hose clamp because its under water and it will rust.
Rogue951
06-08-2010, 11:45 AM
there are plastic hose clamps.
otherwise brute force and tight fitting tubing?
monocus
06-08-2010, 12:49 PM
heat your tubing in hot water or with a hair dryer then attach it with a stainless or plastic clamp-you could also try zip ties
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store/ratchet-clamp-1-2-tube.html
Use that. Since it is submerged, it needs to be plastic.
hillegom
06-08-2010, 02:55 PM
heat your tubing in hot water or with a hair dryer then attach it with a stainless or plastic clamp-you could also try zip ties
+1 boiling water, plastic clamp
Milad
06-08-2010, 03:58 PM
does rona or home depot sell those plastic clamps?
I am sure you could source them elsewhere, BRS was the place I got mine, and thus I knew I could link to a picture for you!
Anywhere that sells parts for a phosban reactor would have ones for that size. And I think some of the canister filters use them still. I would check with some of your local fish stores.
Mandosh
06-08-2010, 04:19 PM
JL does. they're on the back wall beside all the plumbing parts
Or you could try not fitting a hose to your pump and instead use rigid pvc :-)
If you must use vinyl then ya, try a plastic clamp or split the difference and fit the submersible part of the plumbing with ridge pvc then convert it (once the pvc extends out of the water) with a barb to your vinyl hose then you can use a metal clamp.
zip-ties. Even used them when replacing ends on garden hoses.
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