Recent content by kmk1018

i saw another thread where they were toying with the idea, but the temperatures of the vaporization of PG and where Kevlar starts melting (and apparently releasing gas) was really close, so it may have been hazardous. the fiber in an atomizer now sounds an awful lot like Kevlar however.

JARVIS!!! i've been gone for a while cause school...finals...job for summer...yada yada yada. anywho, i've been messing around with some nichrome i got at a science store, and i built a *BARELY WORKING* atomizer, and my planned idea is strikingly similiar to yours. in mine, i left out the...

A) The ceramic "wick" would have to be really porous in order to provide enough liquid. I've messed with ceramics in the past, and have never seen one that would be porous enough, though I was using ceramics in a different application (dielectrics...:p) B) Yes, nichrome changes resistance...

Batteries, if properly charged and maintained, can last well over 300 charge/discharge cycles. Figure you use two batteries a day, that's ~150 days.

Well, I think a long lasting atomizer could be like a Rolex. Sure a $10 watch does the job, but people still want the luxury of the $6000+ Rolex. The current design could used for low-to-medium grade e-cigs, with the expensive one having an option to buy an "eternal" atomizer. It may be more...

Trog, suppose the wick was to be properly saturated. Then the wick would have an indefinite lifespan? I've seen oil candles use the same wick for years...

Ok, the wire coil turns electricity into heat, and the heat is then transferred to the liquid in the fibers, thus making vapor. If there's no liquid, the fiber burns. If there's no fiber, then there would be no liquid and no heat transfer, thus burning the wire coil. When all three are present...

Josiah, 1) The replaceable wick is already in my idea, as otherwise it would make the vial hard to remove. Also, in theory, if the wick is properly saturated, it shouldn't burn either. 2) I don't quite follow what you're asking, but a light bulb is basically burning the filament in a low-to-no...

Well, i'm working on a proof-of-concept one. Not for an actual cig, just something to test an idea. Maybe i could use it in an e-hookah...?

A. Capillary action will draw the e-liquid through the wick (the e-liquid isn't in the cotton-like stuff, its liquid in a vial). B. I got that figured out. The wick is attached to the to actual atomizer, the "cartridge" is a vial which can be refilled. C. No, you don't. As long as there is a...

This is the first e-cig I've bought, though I've smoked a few of my friend's before. All I can say is that I'm terribly disappointed. It give one good puff, then you'll have to wait a few minutes before you can get another good puff. I reviewed it on DealExtreme's product page if anyone would...

Hola, so I have been kind of a forum lurker here for a while, but after an idea I had, I decided that I need the opinion of experienced e-smokers. It looks to me like the major inefficiency of a normal atomizer is the steel wool-to-fiber e-liquid transfer. As long as there is liquid in the...