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The thread to check out is the "wicks safe vs dangerous". The title is very close to that. It was started by evilgrim and its packed full of every wick material known to man and some unknown.
NO I've gone from 1 3.5mm strand to 3 1mm strands. When the large strand gets wet and swells it is harder to wick. The 3 smaller ones don't swell as bad in a Stardust tank. But for someone usind a penelope or a Did or something similar, it would be perfect.
Oh yeah! I did start reading that....I need to subscribe to that one. Maybe this time I'll try working through it backwards - it's a pretty epic thread! Thanks.
Hmmmm...the one I have on the way is more like a Phoenix...no tank, more of a dripping atty I guess, but I'd like to find a way to wick it where it performs like a refillable carto in a way...I'd like to just fill up a good size wick and not have any loose juice in the well and then just top off from time to time...so there's nothing to spill out into pockets, etc. Maybe a couple thick strands would be the way to go for that? Based on what TomCatt said I'll need to go for a fairly large diameter coil to get the resistance I want to start with anyway...
I really appreciate that, really I do, but wouldn't it cost like $5 to ship the $3 ball of yarn?
Wire received! Yep, it's marked as 30 gauge and there looks to be a lot of it! Thanks!!
Now all I need is for my atomizer to arrive... :banghead:
Now all I need is for my atomizer to arrive... :banghead:
Mail just arrived, wire is here!!! 
Ken, you truly are a gentleman and a scholar, thank you very much! Now time to play...
Ken, you truly are a gentleman and a scholar, thank you very much! Now time to play...
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I'm not sure I understand how this would cause an issue. Isn't the entire "outside" of a battery (i.e. when unwrapped) - aside from the positive terminal itself of course - is all negative?
I'm sure various batteries are different, but that's all I've seen so far with LiIons (I do not have any AW's).
ETA: My guess is that it was just too much current for the spring, and the heat from the spring itself just singed the battery.
So there you go - another unqualified opinion/guess
the spring is part of the switch mechanism, depending on the atomizer used, it can cause the mod to stay on constantly if the spring shifts out of place... it's a 1 in a million chance , but it has happened.
leaving the battery on at a constant 2 amps (assuming) can cause the battery to get warm, and with such a small contact area(tip of spring), the tip of that spring can get really hot.
Since the spring is wedged into place, when it collapses, it doesn't make a difference, because it is still making contact...
*Again, my unprofessional assessment.
Well...a bit slow.....but, 28g arrived on the 13th...Thanks again for making this soooo smooth a event!!!
Just got the package out of the mailbox, wow, 28&30! Enough wire for a lifetime! Thanks again, Ken! Very generous
Got my 30 today. I think the (Bailing Wire) 28ga is TOO thick for me, but the 30 looks promising, lol
The only way I can effectively wrap the 28ga is to use a drill bit. Now to figure out the right number of coils to move out of the very low resistance range. I'd like to end up @ somewhere around 1.9-2.0Ω.
Just wrapped some 28, used a 3/32 drill bit to wrap it, 9/10 wrap, installed in a DUD and inserted a seasoned 40mm 500 mesh wick. OHMs at 1.4 and it is hissing and spitting like nobodys business. Its on a mech mod with a fairly fresh battery and the vapor and flavor is awesome, thanks Ken for doing this!
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