anyone have any spare 2" or 1.5" pvc?

[Benny Z]

looking for a short run of 2" and 1.5" pvc to use for a sequence dart pump on a 100g holding tank for liverock curing.

anyone have some laying around?

[hcs3]

i do, but considering it only costs $2 for a 5' piece i think you might be better off driving to your local DIY store than to C/U :p

[w2]

Ben - I have plenty spare also, but echo Henry's thoughts. If you come over to Rantoul to race anytime soon and still need some, let me know.

[Benny Z]

good call.

i was hoping someone in bloom would have some. if not it's probably not worth the trip.

i gave up my race car a while back. driving a family sedan now. :( but hey, at least it keeps me out of trouble. :)

what home improvement store has these pieces for $2? i thought it was much more than that. ?

[hcs3]

10' of 2" at lowes is $5.88 and 1.5" at 10' is $4.18 according to their website

[Benny Z]

cool. i'll just pick them up there unless someone in town has it laying around.

[smorrow5773]

Menards has 5' pcs for around $2.00

[Benny Z]

awesome! thanks!

[cioutlaw]

What kind of racing happens in Rantoul?

[Benny Z]

scca solo II autocross...

put on by the champaign county sports car club and also sometimes by the heart of illinois sports car club.

[cioutlaw]

ohhh...seen them do that other places too. A dragstrip was thought about on the old USAF base runways but it got turned down.

[DougSupreme]

try to get the schedule 20 pipe. it has a slightly larger ID than regular schedule 40 pipe. probably won't make a huge difference, but every little bit helps.

[hcs3]

actually i gotta disagree doug. in theory you are correct, i think, which is why i tried that years ago. my experience was enough to not do that again.

PVC when we buy it is very fresh and continues to age and harden. after a year or two the pvc is very hard and brittle. cutting it becomes difficult because it shatters instead of cuts.

i guess if you can stay away from it with no accidental bumps or don't have the need to change it, it would be no problem. but i had a snail shell get lodged in a 90' one time. i felt my only and easiest answer was to cut the 90' out and splice in a new one. a quick, $3 fix. well, the thin wall shattered continuously and my quick fix become a major undertaking of replumbing a fully functioning reef from the ground up. not fun.

anyway, just a different perspective involving murphy and his stupid laws...

[LegoZ81]

I have run into a similar problem personally with some schedule 20 pipe. the pipe i was using was not in use at the time though so it was not catastrophic.