26n xobedriver on the chalice. Epic cloud machine!
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26n xobedriver on the chalice. Epic cloud machine!
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I am not sure exactly why, but whenever I see one of your builds I can't help but think, I need to do an oil change on my truck!!!!
Dibby,
As always you guys come rushing to my rescue! Thanks for all of your help. I'll pick up some m2 .4 screws and hopefully they'll fit the hornet too. I don't have a go/no go gauge at home...and I'm not headed to work for 2 weeks.
Thanks again!
Geo
I thought my nemp tasted good before but now that I got it in a reo with a 9 wrap .55 micro .8 Ω, it is even better I just wish I could get more then 2 vapes before having to re squonk got use to my patriot and having 10 vapes before re dripping , have a cyclone bottom feeder on the way not sure if it will make a difference .
hahaha! Yeah man. NEMP leaves quite a bit of "engine buildup"!
They don't call it "the sludgy drippings of a monkey's ayrse" for nothin'
smackin' my lips just thinkin about it . . . . think I'll go have a vape
smackin' my lips just thinkin about it . . . . think I'll go have a vape
My wife read something about lead content in brass. I'm no expert but I'm listening cause it means I get to get more RBAs
Follow up
Ok, got a little bit of time and performed the test using EPA Recognized 3M Lead Check Swabs.
These will detect leachable lead concentrations of at least 0.2%.
Below 0.2% brass is considered "Lead Free"
Swabbing a brand new RM2 on the lathed down outside area I got dark pink to blood red coloration on the first swab.
Quote "If the swab tip and/or test surface turn pink or red the test is positive - A HAZARDOUS LEVEL OF LEAD IS PRESENT. In general, when the swab is used immediately after activation, the darker the developed pink color the higher the lead content."
Soaked both the tested RM2 and a second new non tested RM2 (as a control in case the testing removed the lead) in a 2 to 1 solution of 5% acetic acid (distilled white vinegar) and 3% hydrogen peroxide for 15 minutes occasionally stirring then rinsed with tap water.
Retested both new RM2's and got negative results, so the surface lead is gone or at least below 0.2%.
I swabbed the test confirmation card that was included as a double check for the negative result and it showed the swab was active so the negative result is verified.
There is exposed brass inside the RM2 below the ceramic where a milling action was done to allow juice flow to the hole with the removed post, around the perimeter of the ceramic at top, and the drilled air hole, but they are a small area for testing.
All those areas turned the same gold color as the outside lathed down area did after the soaking so I assume the surface lead was also removed.
The questions that remain are:
Will surface lead leach into juice? (I have a feeling the answer is yes, especially with citric acid)
If so, is there an appreciable danger since the area exposed to juice is small? (Don't have a clue)
Has the surface lead in my used RM2 already been leached away by juice? (Out of test strips to check)
Once the surface lead has been leached away or removed, will it leach out of the brass to the surface again? (That would increase the likelihood of appreciable danger)
This is probably way "off topic" and if so what sub forum would be the best one to start a thread for this super_X_drifter?
Just thought I would let you know the results.
Thanks AM. As much as I love my RM2s, I've eliminated them from my diet cause I'm trying to cut out anything I can that might be harmful. Cause even after soaking them, we can't be certain about future leaching. It's cool cause there are other great SS BF RBAs that I already either owned or have snapped them up.
I know, I know, I smoked cigs for 30+ years. I have done a lot of other stuff that wasn't exactly chicken soup for my lungs / brain either. Key words are "have done" not "do". Those days are long behind this kid.
BUT now that I am empowered with the ability to control what I inhale, I've decided to reduce any known harmful substances as is practical. It's simple. Anyone else can make their own decision on what they feel is copacetic with their own value system. Rock on.
chef doan judge. I still eat a pretty poor diet but inhaling stuff is something I can control to some degree.
I also know that the REO 510 has a brass connector that juice passes thru but I can't eliminate that. It is such a small passage and doesn't heat up, so I accept that and am cool with it.
Hell yes, I'm totally good with this info in our big ol thread. After all, this is the tip of the spear when it comes to RBing A's. It pretty much happens here first then bleeds out into the rest of the vaping world, often convoluted along the way.
Dam Good info AM. Thank you for your diligence.
Wow! Good info, I thank you for it. I'm thinking that maybe a soaking in the soloution on a regular basis might be a reasonable precaution to take to avoid having to scrap the RM2's we have. I have 3 of them, and do not like the idea of having to scrap $129 in rda's plus having to put out that much or more to replace them. Looking forward to seeing more discussion and thoughts on this. Thanks again for your efforts here.
Dunno at this point scandal, hopefully this will get figured out. As I said, I don't want to scrap mine, as it will mean going back to regular atties. If I have to do that, I'd rather sell the three Reos that I use the RM2's on, and get something to use carto tanks, or clearos on.
Thank you opl. This thread is too huge to check- has Rob chimed in on this somewhere?
To each his own, but I personally am not advocating that and hope I did not come off that way.
Please, no mass hysteria.
To me that would be the equivalent of the ANTZ going after ecig's when there is no evidence they are harmful.
I was merely following up on an "pickling" experiment I said I would perform to attempt to remove any remaining lead on the surface of the exposed brass.
The amount of exposed brass that eliquid comes in contact with in an RM2 is very very small.
I have 2 new unused RM2's that I thought I would "pickle" to see if it removed that small amount of leachable surface lead before I used them.
What I have gathered from googlefu, and making some personal assumptions, is that the small amount of leachable surface lead eliquid comes in contact with is probably gone after a short while of usage.
We have been drinking water from fixtures and valves made of brass all our lives with a huge amount of brass surface exposed compared to this.
There have been concerns lately about the lead content of water that sits in these valves and fixtures, but the primary concern is more relative to children as they are much more susceptible to the effects of lead.
Again, nothing that I am aware of shows that the very small amount of exposed brass to eliquid in an RM2 is harmful.
Thank you Alex. Just last night I was watching youtube regarding a different atty ( Taifun GT Clone/Fake Review ) and it was mentioned there that brass was harmful and that's why no atty "should be made with brass."
Yeah, I don't think there's any reason to panic. I'm only doing it cause my wife suggested it and because that meant I could shop SS RBAs
Rob has weighed in on the subject of brass several times, suggesting that the brass patinas after juice comes in contact with it. He's been in the game for a long time so I agree that there's not much reason for concern. Like I said, I'm eliminating it as a choice, not out of necessity.
Brass has been in vaping since long before I have. There is such a small portion of these devices in contact with the juice anyhoo.
I am no scientist but if all RBA's / Attys / cartos all contained brass id still chose them over cigs.
Think of all the brass mods that are in constant contact with people's hands and drip tips that are constantly sucked.
Rob has weighed in on the subject of brass several times, suggesting that the brass patinas after juice comes in contact with it. He's been in the game for a long time so I agree that there's not much reason for concern. Like I said, I'm eliminating it as a choice, not out of necessity.
Brass has been in vaping since long before I have. There is such a small portion of these devices in contact with the juice anyhoo.
I am no scientist but if all RBA's / Attys / cartos all contained brass id still chose them over cigs.
Think of all the brass mods that are in constant contact with people's hands and drip tips that are constantly sucked.
On a happier note, me reo\rm2 etc has arrived in the uk after it's 11day boat ride
On a happier note, me reo\rm2 etc has arrived in the uk after it's 11day boat ride
Yea for you.
No yeas for me yet. My funalikes are still on a slow boat from china.
there is more lead in my local tap water than there ever would be potentially entering my vape juice and I drink that stuff daily.
just my .02
just my .02
but supe is having so much fun snapping up SS attys with the wife's blessing.
almost makes me want a wife just for the devious pleasure factor.
nah...
Yeh, you all are probably right about the lead in the tap water. I tend to get kinda upset with just the thought of having to give up my RM2's. Maybe after the first of the year I can try one of the Cyclones.
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