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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd View Post
Our tubing and fittings are pretty much all the AndyMark stuff (not sure what brand). We have a few from McMaster Carr - I'll have to check which



I'm sure 1 through 3 were the causes of many failures, but I hadn't considered #4, thanks!



I was wondering if barbed fittings might be a more "fault tolerant" solution.


Barbed fittings are not the answer.

If really concerned about it you can go with a compression fitting but those have the draw back if not as easy to undo and service.
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