Light Console Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Hi all,Does anybody know where to get a replacement tube/pipe to go between fluid bottle and the inlet for an Antari z-800 Smoke Machine? Mine was bought second hand in Mallorca, but the tube perished. I brought the machine home, but didn't bring the tube home ;) . I nipped down to my local Q&B and purchased the smallest tube they had at 5mm. It was not the right outer diameter, but inner diameter is spot on for the inlet. I have tried making the end smaller and heating the end up, but still no joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhuson Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Lighting Effects Distribution are the UK distributor for Antari, would of thought they would be the best people to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 What are you trying to attach to the other end? If the tube is what I think it is, then all it needs to do is connect up well to the machine inlet (which your tube does), and go into the bottle. The bit on the bottle end of the dip tube is simply a weight to keep it at the bottom of the fluid bottle - on machines that didn't have one or lost it, I've just used any old bit of (clean, unpainted) metal tied to the tube to hold the end down. I think on the last one I used the brass adapter insert from a mic clip, simply because that was all we had to hand. Can't remember exactly how I tied it on, although fishing line springs to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Console Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Thanks chaps,Have just sent an email to Lighting Effects Distribution (LED). The thing I am attaching inside the bottle is something that looks like a filter, but I can see the idea of a weight, so if LED can't help, I will bodge something like Tomo suggests.Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Console Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 Just to update you, LED do sell the tube, at £13 for 5 metres (minimum order), inc delivery. The size is 6mm x 4mm. Edit. Note to mods, sorry have messed up again! I was trying to do that clever thing of adding a new post but it updates the last one, while refreshing the date, can you help! Last time it happened when I clicked on "Add Reply", but didn't this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Edit. I was trying to do that clever thing of adding a new post but it updates the last one, while refreshing the dateIf you post a reply in a thread where you are the last poster, within a given time (2 days??) the board automatically appends to the previous post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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